Food History
The First Printed Fried Chicken Recipe in America
A white Virginian woman named Mary Randolph was the first to publish it, but fried chicken's Southern history is deeper than 'The Virginia Housewife'
These Beautiful Medieval Wafer Presses Are Where Waffles Come From
Leggo my flat, fancy Eggo
What Makes Salt Water Taffy the Perfect Summer Candy?
The first families of the sugary treat stir up another season of making history by the bite
The Great Uprising: How a Powder Revolutionized Baking
Before baking powder hit the scene in 1856, making cake was not a piece of cake
Nobody Is Sure Why they Call It a ‘Martini’
Tastes just as good, though
Come for the Bug Eating and Get a Lesson in Humanity from Andrew Zimmern
A Q&A with the Travel Channel’s 'Bizarre Foods' Chef
Climate Change, and Cod, Are Causing One Heck of a Lobster Boom in Maine
The complex relationships between humans, lobster, and cod are creating boom times--for now
How Sheep's Blood Helped Disprove This Wacky Nineteenth-Century Theory of Illness
Scientists didn't understand that bacteria caused disease, but then enter Louis Pasteur
When Franklin Delano Roosevelt Served Hot Dogs to a King
A king had never visited a president at home before, but by all accounts they got along fine
There's Something Fishy About the Ketchup You Put On Your Burgers
The red stuff that Americans eat on their French Fries doesn't look much like the 'kôechiap' it's based on
What Do They Call a Quarter Pounder With Cheese in Casablanca?
McDonalds has been international for 50 years now... and its restaurants have learned how to blend in to the local scene
Explore Crucian Cuisine on a New U.S. Virgin Islands Food Tour
Get a taste of St. Croix's culinary traditions
Why Food Smells So Good When It’s Browning
A complex chemical reaction called the Maillard Reaction is responsible
The 1870s Dairy Lobby Turned Margarine Pink So People Would Buy Butter
Margarine or butter? The question has deep roots, and you shouldn't even ask it in Wisconsin
Did Peckish Christians Make Chickens More Social?
Religious dietary laws in the Middle Ages could have helped make the fowl less aggressive
The First “Chocolate Chip” Was a Molasses Candy
The name "chocolate chip" goes back much farther than the Toll House cookies
Apple Pie Is Not All That American
Neither apples nor the pie originally came from America, but Americans have made this dish their own
Why Does Every Tourist Attraction Sell Fudge?
One thing that places as different as Niagara Falls, Disneyland and Ellis Island have in common? Fudge
Tomatoes Have Legally Been Vegetables Since 1893
Okay, so it's technically a fruit. But we don't eat it like one
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