Popcorn has been around for centuries. It is one of six main varieties of corn. (The others are pod, sweet, flour, dent, and flint.) Popcorn originated in Mexico, but eventually made its way north. In 1948, archaeologists in the state of New Mexico discovered ancient popcorn ears that were at least...
The union of chocolate and caramel is arguably one of the greatest flavor combinations ever conceived by man. These two ingredients appear in countless candy bars, ice cream flavors, confections, and desserts. The History of Caramel Caramel is an American confection. As early as the...
New Beer's Eve is an unofficial holiday in the United States, celebrating the end of Prohibition in the United States on April 6. The beginning of the end of Prohibition in the United States occurred as a result of the Cullen-Harrison Act and its signing into law by President Franklin D....
Eat What You Want Day is definitely not a day for diets. It is one single, solitary day in the year to go off your diet and eat something you really enjoy, Today, you can set aside your dietary 'No-No' list. Today, you can splurge. Tomorrow, it's back to the diet. It is important to note that...
This holiday is for enjoying rum punch! Rum punch is a age old recipe that dates way back. So on Rum Punch Day; why not have yourself a punch party and try a bowl of rum punch between friends. Rum is made by distilling fermented sugar from sugar cane and is fermented from 'cane juice,...
Bittersweet chocolate is a sweetened form of dark chocolate taht does not contain milk in either liquid or dry form. Bittersweet chocolate is essentially a mixture of chocolate liquor, sugar, cocoa butter, and sometimes vanilla. Recent studies have revealed certain health benefits from the...