Travel back in time, say 10,000 years back to about 8,000 BCE. We’re in Peru, South America, home of the Incas and one of their staple crops, potatoes. Long story short, the Spanish arrive sometime around 1570, collect a few souvenirs, the potato among them; leave their mark, in both desirable and not so cool… Continue reading Potatoes Ain’t From Idaho
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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
Famous Dinner Scenes – Close Encounters of The Third Kind
Roy Neary, played by Richard Dreyfuss, is an Indiana husband, father of three and lineman. Upon investigating a series of major power outages, he experiences a dramatic encounter with an unidentified flying object. It flies over and lights his vehicle with unusually bright lights that burn the side of his face. He subsequently becomes obsessed… Continue reading Famous Dinner Scenes – Close Encounters of The Third Kind
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