Food Facts & Lore, Monday Magazine

This Week in Food History – 10/23/2017

Did we mention October is National Cookie Month? Cookies may have been the inevitable flight of fancy of early bakers whose custom it was to bake a handful of batter to ascertain the temperature of the oven prior to baking an entire cake. Early American tinsmiths began making cookie cutters in the 1700’s. It is… Continue reading This Week in Food History – 10/23/2017

Food Facts & Lore, Monday Magazine

This Week in Food History – 09/25/2017

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