We find it utterly suitable for this month to be National Breakfast Month. Don’t you? Right between summer and autumn, when mornings bring an invigorating chill (although, nature is not exactly following its own trends these days), the thought of a good breakfast is especially inviting. Of course, the breakfast cereal was an inviting proposition… Continue reading This Week in Food History – 09/25/2017
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This Week in Food History – 09/18/2017
In addition to being National Potato Month (see last week’s article), September is also National Mushroom Month. Mushrooms are easy to forage plants and Hunter-gatherers were familiar with them, though consumption by ancient people was certainly not associated with haute cuisine, that is unless you consider the Roman table of course. Modern cultivation begins sometime… Continue reading This Week in Food History – 09/18/2017
This Week in Food History – 09/11/2017
September is National Potato Month. The Romans don’t get credit for this one; the Inca cultivated potatoes way back around 8,000 BCE. However, by now we see a pattern emerging: conquerors are often the ones who “borrow” and propagate food and traditions. The potato is no exception. Spanish Conquistadors brought the potato back to Europe… Continue reading This Week in Food History – 09/11/2017
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