Category: Food Facts – Food History

FOOD HOLIDAY: National Chocolate Wafer Day & Chocolate Wafer Cookie History

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July 3rd is National Chocolate Wafer Day. Most people who have eaten chocolate wafer cookies think they’re the invention of Nabisco, which has sold its Famous Chocolate Wafers cookies (photo #2) since 1924. But the wafers are much older. While chocolate was a drink for centuries (check out the history of chocolate), by the end…
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Chocolate Pudding Pie Recipe (Or Use Your Favorite Flavor)

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[1] Chocolate pudding pie (photo © Chicago Vegan Foods). [2] Make a cookie crust from chocolate wafer cookies, or buy one (photo © Chowhound). [3] Candied orange peel is our favorite garnish for chocolate pie or cake. Here’s the recipe (photo © Elaine Hsieh, EH Chocolatier).   For National Chocolate Pudding Day, June 26th, how…
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RECIPE: Melon & Prosciutto Pasta Salad

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Melon and prosciutto is a classic Italian appetizer. Pasta salad, on the other hand, is an American creation. This recipe, from Pasta Fits, combines the two. We served it this weekend, and it was a hit. Pasta Fits, a website of the National Pasta Organization, promotes the enjoyment of pasta in healthy recipes. “When these…
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Strawberry Avocado Smoothie Recipe For National Smoothie Day

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The first day of summer, June 21st, is National Smoothie Day (also National Peaches & Cream Day)! Up to 184 million Americans enjoy smoothies each year. Let’s start with some…   SMOOTHIE HISTORY Smoothies first emerged in the U.S. during the hippie movement of the 1960s, when vegetarianism and natural eating rose in popularity. The…
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