The Old Foodie

Today, March 6th … The American writer Nathaniel Hawthorne spent the years from 1853-1857 as United States consul in Liverpool, England. Nat...

Today, March 5th … Today is a special day for everyone who loves pasties, for it is the feast day of St Piran, the patron saint of Cornwall....

Today, March 2nd … The famous store of Fortnum & Mason was appointed Grocers to HRH the Prince of Wales on this day in 1863. The traditi...

Today, March 1st … Today is St David’s Day, a special day for all people of Welsh heritage, who will – if they are true patriots – identify ...

Today, February 28th … The one hundredth birthday edition of the Michelin guide was released on this day in the year 2000. Twenty-two restau...

Today February 27th … The much-loved American poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow was born on this day in 1807. One of his most popular works is...

Today, February 26th … John Harvey Kellogg, the inventor (along with his brother Will) of flaked breakfast cereal, was born on this day in 1...

Today, February 23rd … The Orange Free State was handed to the Afrikaners on this day in 1854 at the Bloemfontein Convention. One hundred ye...

Today, February 22nd ... I happen to be in agreement with the late, great Alan Davidson on the topic of grapefruit. In The Oxford Companion ...

Today, February 21st … The Rotary Club of Nottingham, England held a dinner on this day in 1927, and the club members were addressed by a pa...

Today, February 20th … Alexandre Dumas gave us The Count of Monte Cristo , The Three Musketeers , and The Man in the Iron Mask – some of th...

Today, February 19th … The third Monday in February in the USA is a federal holiday to honour (perhaps that should be honor !) the country’s...

I am tickled pink that one of the many friends-I-have-never-met, Nene Adams of The Year 'Round: A Victorian Miscellany , has made for m...

Today, February 16th … Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip were entertained at a State Banquet at Parliament House on this day in 1954, during...

Today, February 15th … The myth refuses to go away. Mustard was NOT advertised for the first time in the USA on this day in 1758. Nor was th...

Today, February 14th ... On this St Valentine’s day, for your reading (if not eating) pleasure, I give you a 16th century take on aphrodisia...

Today, February 13th … The first instalment of Charles Dickens’ Barnaby Rudge was released on this day in 1841. One of the main characters ...

Today, February 12th … The siege of Orleans began in October 1428, and was finally relieved in May 1429 thanks to Joan of Arc. The English ...