Flying Purple Pasta Eaters A Bit of History: While cooking my Easy Italian Vegetable Soup, I can’t stop the 1950s song the Flying Purple People Eater from running through my brain! Especially since my kids started singing a modified version, aptly titled, the Flying Purple Pasta Eaters, after they saw the soup. The wonderful color…
101 and Counting… A Bit of History Last year, the city of Paris, celebrated the 100th anniversary of the Bloody Mary cocktail at Harry’s New York Bar in Paris. The earliest claim for the invention of the Bloody Mary cocktail dates to 1921 by bartender Fernand Petiot. According to bartending history, the original mixture consisted…
Not Quite but More than Enough… A Bit of History Back in my Beantown days, I had the pleasure of eating at the Union Oyster House. This Bostonian landmark boasts a unique historical distinction as the oldest restaurant in the USA serving patrons since 1826. On a cold winter’s day in February, just before another…
The Nutty Pumpkin… A Bit of History Kabocha squash, a type of Japanese winter squash, is commonly grown in Japan, Thailand, Hawaii, Mexico, and parts of the USA. While scientists believe that most squashes originated in North and South America, Kabocha made its way to Asia and Europe via explorers in the 1500s. Often referred…