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Each culture has a rice dish that is similar to one from another. Each country spice or produce may make the dishes vary from one another, but in the end, they all stemmed from the same dish. At Hawaii rice festival, rice will show its true diversity and prove its importance in the food culture in Hawaii. Click To Continue >>
American patriot, Benjamin Franklin, and his food predilections. One of the drafters of the Declaration of Independence and a singer of the US constitution, he was also a great proponent of local American produce as a way to avoid dependence on foreign imports. Click To Continue >>
Parsley is a wonderfully nutritious and healing food, it is often under appreciated. Most folks don’t realize that this vegetable has more uses than just being a decorative garnish that accompanies restaurant meals. They do not know that parsley is actually a store hose of nutrients and that it features a delicious green and vibrant taste. Click To Continue >>
People have been eating pancake for a very long time. According to Alan Davidson, in the Oxford Companion to Food (Oxford University Press, Oxford: 1999), the first mention of anything other than just a bread baked on a griddle is in Apicius, who talks about cakes from a batter of eggs, milk, water and flour. Click To Continue >>
The Olmec Indians are believed to be the first to grow cocoa beans as a domestic crop. Click To Continue >>
Before industrialization, salt was extremely expensive and labor intensive to harvest mass quantities of salt necessary for food preservation and seasoning. This made salt an extremely valuable commodity. Entire economies were based on salt production and trade. Click To Continue >>
Smoothie recipes are like a basket full of fruit in a glass. Click To Continue >>
The origin of the lemon has not yet been determined; science suggests it may be northwestern India, cultivated for more than 2,500 years. Arab traders brought the lemons to the Middle East and Africa sometime after 100 C.E Click To Continue >>
History has it that mozzarella was first made when cheese curds accidently fell into a pail of hot water at the cheese factory near Naples, soon thereafter the first pizza was made! New cheeses are often formulated when mistakes happen, so there well may be truth in the tale! Click To Continue >>
No one is sure where the meatball originated and early recipes are difficult to find. It's easy to ascertain though, that meatballs as we know them, made with ground meat, were not possible until meat grinders were invented. Click To Continue >>
As you may have notice in your grocery store, bananas are picked and shipped green. They are the only fruit that actually develop better color, aroma, and sweetness when ripened after harvest. Bananas ripen rather quickly after being harvested and will also hasten ripening of other fruits in their vicinity. Click To Continue >>
If you could follow the scent of pasta through the millennia, it's no exaggeration to say that the entire history of civilization would be traced. The trail would span cultures and continents ranging from Asia, Europe, the Mid-East, America, and parts of Africa, and reach back at least 3,500 years. Click To Continue >>
Honey is as old as record history, dating back to 2100 B.C. where it was mentioned in Sumerian and Babylonian cuneiform writings, the Hittite code. It is thought to even older than that. Mustard has been used as a condiment for thousands of years. Click To Continue >>
I love food history because it’s full of surprises. Elvis Presley was born on January 8, 1935. One of the recipes from the Presley Family Cookbook was “Sunday Meatloaf.” Click To Continue >>
Chicken pot pie used to be a much livelier dish. In Roman Empire days, these pastries sometimes had living birds under the crust that would burst out of the shell when served. Click To Continue >>
Easter, celebrates Jesus Christ's resurrection from the dead, Christianity's most important holiday. Click To Continue >>
Phillip Sollomi, in 1945, returned to his hometown Kansas City, Missouri. Upon his return, after serving his country in World War II. Click To Continue >>
Moonshine began early in American history. Shortly after the Revolution, the United States was struggling to pay for the expense of fighting a long war. Click To Continue >>
When the term "milkshake" was first used in print in 1885, milkshakes were an alcoholic whiskey drink that has been described as a "sturdy, healthful eggnog type of drink, with eggs, whiskey, etc., served as a tonic as well as a treat.” Click To Continue >>
Finger foods, also known as canapés, finger foods are perfect. They’re easy to handle, and you don’t need a fork to enjoy them. Click To Continue >>
Sunflower seeds are the gift of the beautiful sunflower that has rays of petals emanating from its bright yellow, seed studded center. Click To Continue >>
The Irish have observed ST Patrick’s Day as a religious holiday for over 1,000 years. Click To Continue >>
Food historians believe cannoli date to the time of Sicily's Arab dominion by the Saracens may be even earlier... Click To Continue >>
Who drank the first beer is unknown. Beer is the first alcoholic beverage known to civilian. Click To Continue >>
Antonio Mancini, with few personal possessions and a will to work, left Italy and came to America in 1904. Click To Continue >>
Like collards, cauliflower, broccoli, kale is a descendent of the wild cabbage, a plant thought to have originated in Asia Minor and to have been brought to Europe around 600 B.C. by groups of Celtic wanderers. Click To Continue >>
In 1869, Joseph Campbell and Abraham Anderson started the Anderson & Campbell Preserve Company in Camden, New Jersey. Click To Continue >>
Goji berries grow on an evergreen shrub found in temperate and subtropical regions in China, Mongolia and in the Himalayas in Tibet. Click To Continue >>
Bell peppers have been cultivated for more than 9000 years, with the earliest cultivation having taken place in South and Central America. Click To Continue >>
Every December, you will see Salvation Army in front of shopping areas to collect donations for the needy. Click To Continue >>
History of Rice in Hawaii. The demand for rice started with the Chinese, the first immigrant workers on the Islands. Click To Continue >>
President food facts – President George Washington’s favorite foods was fish and nuts. Click To Continue >>
The origin of macaroni and cheese is unknown. The earliest known recorded recipe being scribbled down in 1769. Click To Continue >>
Columbus embarked on the first of what would be four voyages, reaching the Bahamian Islands on 10/12/1492. Click To Continue >>
Weather grilled, roasted, baked, fried or mashed, people often call potatoes comfort food. Potatoes, number one vegetable crop in the world. Click To Continue >>
Today, we don’t give it a second thought, about products like butter, sugar, and meat; these products are easy to purchase at any grocery store. Click To Continue >>
Chili con carne is a stew that consists of meat, hot chili peppers... Click To Continue >>
Asparagus became widely available in America during Colonial times. Click To Continue >>
Charles Dickens was a true Victorian foodie. Click To Continue >>
I usually post about history related to one of the ingredients in the recipe. Click To Continue >>
Sandwiches first appeared in American cookbooks in 1816. Read More >>
Early Spanish settlers were among the first to bring pasta to America. Read More >>
Pasta is one of the world’s most accessible foods. Read More >>
Whether you are looking to warm up from the cold... Read More >>
The name for New Orleans' most famous sandwich, the po-boy. Read More >>
Carrot roots should be firm, smooth, relatively straight and bright in color. Read More >>
The plant is indigenous to South America. Read More >>
The taco predates the arrival of Europeans in Mexico. There is anthropological evidence that the indigenous people living in the lake region of the Valley of Mexico traditionally ate tacos filled with small fish. Read More >>
The tomato is native to western South America and Central America. Read More >>
In 1945, Ralph F. and Alice Stayer opened a butcher shop and named it after their quaint hometown, Johnsonville, Wisconsin. Read More >>
