Category: Food Facts – Food History

A Recipe For Cinco De Mayo: Menudo, A Hearty Mexican Soup

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[1] Menudo, a classic Mexican stew made with tripe, (photo © Daniel Alejandro Jaime Ayala | Unsplash). [2] Chuck roast can be substituted for the tripe (photo © No Recipes). [3] A squeeze of fresh lime adds brightness to the dish (photo © Odin Reyna | Pexels). [4] While tripe is not popular in the…
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FOOD HOLIDAY: National Jelly Bean Day & The History Of Jelly Beans

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April 22 is National Jelly Bean Day. If you’re craving a sugar fix, Jelly Belly’s jelly beans have just 4 calories apiece. While there are numerous producers of tasty jelly beans, Jelly Belly, launched in 1976, was the first to sell them in single flavors (as opposed to mixed). The original flavors: Cream Soda, Grape,…
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Surf & Turf Eggs Benedict Recipe & Eggs Benedict History

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Eggs Benedict is a popular Mother’s Day or Father’s Day brunch entree. The classic recipe combines a poached egg and ham or Canadian bacon atop a toasted English muffin slice, topped with hollandaise sauce. There are many variations to the original recipe, including portabella mushrooms for vegetarians (recipe) and corned beef hash (recipe). Since today…
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Cinnamon Crescent Rolls Recipe For National Cinnamon Crescent Day

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[1] Make warm and fragrant cinnamon crescents for breakfast or brunch (photo © Taste Of Home). [2] One of the three different types of cinnamon (photo © Ben Fink from Indian Home Cooking by Suvir Saran. [3] After shaping and just before baking, croissants and other breads undergo roofing—a.k.a. final fermentation, final rise, second rise,…
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The History Of Sourdough For National Sourdough Bread Day

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April 1st is National Sourdough Bread Day. (There’s also an entire month devoted to sourdough: Sourdough September, and Real Bread Week, beginning the second last Saturday to the last Sunday in February.) Sourdough bread is the oldest form of leavened bread, born in ancient Egypt, improved in ancient Greek and Roman bakeries, “the” bread of…
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