Category: Food Facts – Food History

Pork Belly Lettuce Wraps Recipe For National Pork Belly Day

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[1] Pork belly lettuce wraps: a real treat (photo © Sushi Samba). [2] A slab of uncooked pork belly (phoco © The Country Victualler). [3] Hearts of palm, a.k.a. palmito (photo © Trikaya). [4] Butterhead lettuce, a category that includes Bibb and Boston. Here are the different types of Butterhead lettuce (photo © Good Eggs).…
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Ponzu Sauce: Uses, History, & A Recipe To Make Your Own

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Ponzu sauce (photo © Fotoos Van Robin | Flickriver). [1] . [2] Shrimp tempura with ponzu sauce (photo © Mackenzie Ltd). [3] Yakami Orchard makes very high quality “original” (clear) ponzu. Nicely packaged, it makes a fine gift for a good cook. You can find it online (photo © Yakami Orchard). [4] We enjoy dumplings…
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Modern Surf & Turf Combinations For National Surf & Turf Day

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[1] Lamb and a scallop at Blue The Restaurant | Beachwood, Ohio (photo © Blu). [2] Surf and turf can combine any foods from the two realms: land and sea. Above, grilled salmon and a poached egg from Cafe SFA in New York City (photo © Cafe SFA—now closed). [3] Lobster ravioli with meat sauce…
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Hummingbird Coffee Cake Recipe & Hummingbird Cake History

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The recipe for Hummingbird Cake, a southern tradition like Red Velvet Cake, was first submitted by a reader to Southern Living magazine and published in the February 1978 issue. Here’s that first printed recipe for Hummingbird Cake. There was no explanation of the name (we have it below), but Food Timeline cites a 1985 article…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Tortellini En Brodo

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Tortellini en brodo (often misspelled in the U.S. as tortellini in brodo) is a classic Italian dish. Some Americans call it tortellini soup. It is served as a first course—chicken broth with a few tortellini—or as a main dish packed with tortellini. It’s a cousin of dumpling and chicken soups from Jewish chicken soup with…
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