July. Family gatherings, 4th of July in the park and baseball come to mind. It’s National Hot Dog Month. The hot dog is German, and so was the man who introduced the traditional ball game fare. Christian Von der Ahe, was a German immigrant and the owner of the original St. Louis Browns franchise (Missouri)… Continue reading This Week in Food History – 07/03/2017
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This Week in Food History – 05/01/2017
May is National Salsa Month, Salad Month, Asparagus Month, Barbecue Month, Egg Month, Hamburger Month… the list goes on. Let’s feast. Picking one to highlight this week is difficult, but somehow the recent sound of lawnmowers and leaf blowers made us zero in on National Barbecue Month and the question: Why is it called “barbecue?”… Continue reading This Week in Food History – 05/01/2017
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