Rocky Road Ice Cream Recipe For National Rocky Road Day
An easy Rocky Road Ice Cream recipe, plus the history of Rocky Road ice cream.
Category: Food Facts – Food History
Mix Up A Half & Half, Arnold Palmer, Or Shandy (& The Arnold Palmer History)
When you think of a refreshing warm-weather drink, do you think of beer, iced tea, lemonade, or ginger ale? If you mix two of them together in a half-and-half drink, you’ll create a summer refresher: an Arnold Palmer or a Shandy, depending on the recipe. You can purchase them ready-bottled; but like most things, homemade…
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FOOD HOLIDAY: Hamburger History For National Hamburger Month
[1] One of our favorite burgers, from Built Burger. [2] Another fave: a bacon cheeseburger with onion rings (photo © Smokey Bones). National Hamburger Month is May, but that’s not all. National/International Hamburger Day is May 28th, National Burger Day is the Thursday before Labor Day and National Cheeseburger Day is September 18th. How…
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The History Of Jelly Beans For National Jelly Bean Day
[1] Jelly beans are mostly sugar. No wonder they are so popular! (photo by River Soma | © THE NIBBLE). [2] Today, jelly beans are associated with kids’ Easter candy. But they’re fun year-round; and were President Ronald Regan’s favorite candy (photo © Williams Sonoma). [3] Jelly beans became associated with Easter because of their…
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FOOD HOLIDAY: National Fruit Compote Day
It’s National Fruit Compote Day—although a compote is de facto made of fruit, so a simple National Compote Day would suffice. Compote de fruits, or fruit compote, is mixed, sweetened fruit cooked on the stovetop. Compote de pommes or compote d’abricots is a single stewed fruit (here, apples and apricots, respectively). Compote can be made…
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