Famous Amos: The Rise and Fall of a Cookie Empire Wally Amos parlayed his aunt's chocolate chip cookie recipe into a gourmet snack food juggernaut. 6 Ways Coffee Helped Transform the World From stirring up coffee house rebellions to supporting the Industrial Revolution, the popular caffeinated bre...
Is Beef Tallow Still Used In Fast Food French Fries? Beef tallow was once common on fast food menus, but it's been phased out in many places. Still, there is a handful of restaurants that draw on this ingredients. By Rolland Judd Read More Grocery Our Least Favorite Costco Prepared Mea...
Today I found out about the history of French fries. Exactly who introduced these golden strips of goodness to the world isn’t entirely known. Among the various theories, it’s generally accepted that the French fry was invented by either the Belgians or the French. Potatoes were first...
when many people were desperate for even a trickle of income. The 1937 Roadman’s Guide, a little booklet full of ideas for money-making schemes that could be launched out of the home, gave a detailed recipe for making tamales.
Through the years the amounts said to be offered for the recipe increased mightily. In 1958 it was up to $250,000 according to the book Who’s Who — Dining and Lodging. (Oh, and it just happened that Fanny Lazzar was on the Advisory Board of Directors of the Who’s Who Historical...
His handwritten recipe for pommes de terre frites à cru en petites tranches, or “potatoes deep-fried while raw, in small cuttings,” called for potatoes sliced in rounds instead of sticks. So sort of like chips, only thicker. (That’s American “chips,” by the way.) Jefferson’s ...
The recipe for battered and fried fish came to London in the sixteenth century with the Sephardic Jews who were fleeing the inquisition in Spain and Portugal. Fish and Chips In 1860 fried fish and fried chips were both being sold in the streets of London – but not together. The idea for...
As such, it doesn’t really have a recognised ‘recipe’. These days, ‘chop suey’ is largely seen as a historical curiosity, but there was a time when most people with limited knowledge of Chinese cuisine literally didn’t know any better. Food: The Croissant.Claimant: France.Origin: ...
James Beard was fond of Maxwell’s Plum. He thought the restaurant was unique in being enormous yet having “really first-class food and service.” Beard denied being a food snob and said he liked the Plum’s chili just as much as most of their fancy dishes. Here is the recipe he pub...
The history of hot dish 1930: The first recorded hot dish recipe appears in the Grace Lutheran Ladies Aid Cookbook from Mankato, Minnesota. The recipe calls for two pounds of "hamburger" (i.e., ground beef), Creamette brand elbow macaroni and canned peas. 1934: Campbell's debuts its ...