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Do We Owe a Teen Sailor Thanks For Creating Doughnuts As We Know Them?

by Sarah Sicard6/2/20236/2/2023

And while this particular event made the holey treat popular, the breakfast item as we know it actually traces its roots to 1847.

How WWII Helped Produce the Savory Bacon Pasta Known as Carbonara

by Sarah Sicard5/9/20235/9/2023

What Is The History of Eggnog?

by Zita Ballinger Fletcher12/9/202212/9/2022

Love Mac and Cheese? You Can Thank the Slave of a Founding Father for It

by Claire Barrett11/1/20224/3/2023

Foods of the Great Depression: From Peanut Butter-Stuffed Onions to Edible Lint

by Richard H. Holloway8/23/20227/24/2023

The History of Pie

by Richard H. Holloway7/15/20227/15/2022

Chipped Beef: History of the Meal Soldiers Love to Hate

by Richard H. Holloway6/28/20227/24/2023

Colonel Sanders’ Home Is for Sale — With His Fried Chicken Recipe

by Michael Y. Park6/22/20226/23/2022

Why You Celebrate Juneteenth With a Red Drink

by Claire Barrett6/15/20226/16/2022

Coffee Kings of the Old West: Folger Was First, Then Arbuckle

by Pat Decker Nipper5/9/20186/30/2022