Asking how the name of the Bloody Mary originated is a bit like asking Hugh Hefner the name of his girlfriend. There's not one - there are plenty. The most popular story is that Petiot named it after Queen Mary Tudor of England. She had taken the throne after a short battle against ...
(Chicagoans only put mustard, not ketchup, on their hot dogs.) And because no true Chicago food challenge would be complete without a shot of Malort, the governors did that, too (courtesy of The Washington Post for a video they’re doing). “To democracy,” Moore declared as...
American palettes have been acclimating to the flavors—or lack thereof, some might argue—of industrialized food since the early 19th century. Campbell’s started producing canned soup and vegetables in 1869 in New Jersey. Heinz Tomato Ketchup was first introduced in 1876, and a ...