The Old Foodie

Today, October 8th … The enduring story about the invention of the microwave oven is that it happened as a result of an accidental disco...

Today, October 5 th … Not many of us, I venture, cure our own hams today. Should you want to know a prize-winning method, here is one f...

Today October 4 th … Amelia Earhart is one of the world’s most famous missing persons. The female flying ace disappeared on an attempted...

Today, October 3 rd … Sarah Kemble Knight was an independent businesswoman in Boston at the very beginning of the eighteenth century. She...

Today, October 2 nd … The original Palace Hotel opened on this day in San Francisco in 1875. It has seen much history, has hosted ma...

Today, October 1 st ... Many almanacs insist that October 1 st is the “official start of the pudding season” in England . I have been c...

Today, September 28 th ... The intrepid missionary explorer David Livingstone was in Africa , near Lake Nyasa (he was the first European t...

September 27 th … The Dow Chemical Company filed a patent application on this day in 1940 for a thermoplastic synthetic resin which was to...

Some days, because you might have been very good, you deserve a second story for the day. I have had a lovely evening browsi...

September 26 th … The Golden Gate Casino in Las Vegas celebrated the sale of 25 million servings of its famous shrimp cocktail on this da...

September 25th ... Alice Cunningham Fletcher (1838 – 1923) was an anthropologist and passionate advocate for the American Indian. In an...

September 24 th … Samuel Pepys got himself a bargain on this day in 1665: “…. And there, after breakfast, one of our watermen told us he ...

Today, September 21 st … Benjamin Franklin recorded his experiences en route to Philadelphia aboard the Berkshire in 1726. A very in...

Today, September 20 th The Pulitzer-prize winning author Upton Sinclair was born on this day in 1878. Twenty-eight years later to the day hi...

Today, September 19 th … George Cadbury was born on this day in 1839. He was the son of Jo hn Cadbury, a Quaker who opened a modest li...

Today, September 18 th … On this day in 1942, the Reich Minister for Nutrition and Agriculture, issued a Decree Concerning Food Supply for...

Today, September 17 th …. Today I have for you another little bit of Retro Cake trivia (are you reading this, Patron Saint of Retro Cake...

Today, September 14 th … I always crave salad after a long trip – getting good food in transit is always tricky, getting good sal...

Today, September 13th ... I am at the airport in Narita, Japan, filling in time until my flight - and it occurred to me that I could use som...

Today, September 12 th …. I am in transit today, on my way home from England and the Symposium. I may not get chance to post for ano...