Canapé is the French word for a small, bite-size piece of bread or light pastry with a savory topping served at a cocktail party or on a buffet table. Canapé is also the name for a decorative sofa. Go figure. Which brings us to today’s National Food Holiday: It's Pigs-in-a-Blanket Day. What’s the connection, you… Continue reading This Week in Food History – 04/24/2017
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This Week in Food History – 03/20/2017
Stuffed pasta is first recorded in Medieval times cookbooks (5th to 15th century). Of course, such books were rare, but we do know that, in Europe, pasta might have been filled with meat and spices. But another version of the dish, also served at that time, stands out: pasta stuffed with cheese, honey and nuts.… Continue reading This Week in Food History – 03/20/2017
This Week in Food History – 03/06/2017
They were first sold by a Hoboken, New Jersey grocer 105 years ago today. They are the world's most popular cookies, present on the shelves of food markets in well over 100 countries. Most people take them apart to eat them. If you guessed Oreo, you're right on the button... hmm, the cookie. The… Continue reading This Week in Food History – 03/06/2017
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