Category: Food Facts – Food History

TIP OF THE DAY: Pisco From Peru

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July 26th is National Pisco Day—a day to drink Pisco, and to try Brazil’s national cocktail, the Pisco Sour (recipe below). We’re about to introduce you to Pisco. Below you’ll find: The History Of Pisco Pisco Cocktails Pisco Sour Recipe   But first:     WHERE WOULD WE BE WITHOUT THESE FOOD STAPLES FROM PERU?…
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FOOD HOLIDAY: National Ceviche Day & Ceviche Recipes

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June 28th is National Ceviche Day in Peru, where it’s one of the national dishes. The holiday has arrived in the U.S.—a healthy celebration for trying new ceviche recipes. Ceviche—shellfish cured by citrus juice acid—has been popular in Latin America for many centuries. It dates some 2,000 years to an Inca dish of raw marinated…
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PRODUCT: York Peppermint Patty Ice Cream Bars

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Lovers of York Peppermint Patties (us included) can cool off this summer with York Ice Cream bars, made by Good Humor, a Univlever brand. (The York Peppermint Pattie candy brand is owned by Hershey Company, and the ice cream is made under license.) The three-ounce rounds of peppermint ice cream are dipped in a dark…
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What Is Moscato Wine, Red Moscato & The History Of Moscato

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May 9th is National Moscato Day. Nearly two thousand years ago, the Roman author Pliny the Elder (23 C.E. – 79 C.E.) wrote in his Natural History: “The Muscat grape has been grown for a long time in Beaumes [in France] and its wine is remarkable.” Call it Muscat in French and English or Moscato…
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