Category: Food Facts – Food History

Make An Icebox Cake – Here’s A Recipe!

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[1] A variation of the original Ice Box Cake: a simple yet memorable combination of chocolate wafers and whipped cream. Here, pastry chefs at Magnolia Bakery took the extra step to pipe the whipped cream around the cookie edges to create a finished look (photo © Magnolia Bakery). [2] A Black Forest trifle. This version…
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FOOD FUN: Soda, Sangria Style & The History Of Club Soda & Soda Pop

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[1] Club soda with a slice of blood orange (photo © Polar Seltzer). [2] A “sangria soda” of Sprite and peaches (photo courtesy Melissa’s). [3] A Victorian soda siphon, called a seltzogene or gasogene (photo Sobebunny | Wikipedia). [4] Bottlers branded their siphons with their names and graphics. Here are more antique soda siphons (photo…
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Oven Fried Corn Flakes Chicken Recipe Plus Corn Flakes History

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[1] Our favorite everyday chicken: “breaded” with crushed cornflakes (photo © Cereal Lovers Cookbook). [2] Here it’s served country-style with white gravy. Here’s the recipe (photo © United Supermarkets). [3] Corn Flakes provide a crunchier coating than panko Japanese bread crumbs (Gemini Photo).   July 6th is National Fried Chicken Day. Our favorite fried chicken…
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JULY 4TH: Red, White & Blue Angel Food Cupcakes

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[1] These angel food cupcakes are red, white, and blue (with an optional touch of green). The recipe is below (photo © Completely Delicious). [2] When you don’t want patriotic colors, a sliced strawberry makes a lovely garnish. Here’s the recipe (photo © Cooking Classy). [3] A classic angel food cake (photo © Bhofack2 |…
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National Strawberry Parfait Day & The History Of The Parfait

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June 25th is National Strawberry Parfait Day. We just published a July 4th breakfast parfait recipe, but the original parfait was made from ice cream. In the U.S., a parfait is a layered sundae. In France, it’s a different type of frozen dessert, as we’ll explain below. A parfait (American) can be simple, with alternating…
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