Today we put the spotlight on pecan pie. But before we take that first bite a little bit of background: The history of pecan pie can be traced back thousands of years to Native Americans who used the nut’s meat as a filling for their medicine pouches and in...
Today is dedicated to making up your own Sundae Day. What a fun way to spend an afternoon, inventing and then taste testing your own Sundae. But first a little background: The ice cream sundae was invented in 1893 by Chester Platt, the owner of Platt &...
Today is as good as any other in blueberry season to pick fresh blueberries. The difference is that this day was set aside for that very purpose. Blueberries are native to eastern and north-central North America. The low-bush blueberry (Vaccinium angustifolium)...
The earliest form of sugar cookies was called jumbles. The history of sugar cookies dates to the 7th century in Persia. Cookies spread to Europe through the Muslim conquest of Spain. By the 14th century, they were common in all levels of society throughout Europe,...
National Chocolate with Almonds Day is observed on July 8th of every year. In 1742, William Parks printed a copy of Eliza Smith’s cookbook, The Compleat Housewife, which contained the only chocolate recipe at the time: “Chocolate almonds”. The simple...
The history of macaroni is a bit of a mystery. Some say that the Etruscans invented pasta. Others claim that Marco Polo brought the noodles back to Italy after a trip to China in 1274. The name macaroni is thought to be derived from the Italian word maccheroni, which...
