Today is National Cheese Pizza Day.
Ironically the Italians did not create the first pizza.  Instead it was large, round, flat bread topped with oil, herbs, spices and dates from the Greeks that started us off with one of our fast food favourites.  Over time it made it’s way towards Italy where plain, untopped flat breads [...]

Today is National Blueberry Popsicle Day.
Who would have figured that an accidental creation by an eleven-year-old boy would today be one of the most popular frozen treats?
It was in 1905 when Frank Epperson left a mixture of soda water powder and water, a popular drink in those days, overnight in the cold with a stick [...]

Today is National Ice  Cream Cone Day.

In 1904 at the St. Louis World’s air more than fifty vendors had ice cream stands and the edible ice cream holder, the cone, made its debut.  Up until then paper and metal cones were being used throughout Europe.  It is not known who actually created the first edible [...]

Today is National Cheeseburger Day.
There is no real consensus on where or when the cheeseburger was invented.  The trademarked name ‘cheeseburger’ was given to Louis Ballast of the Humpty Dumpty Drive-In in Denver, Colorado in 1935.  However one year earlier, Kaelin’s Restaurant in Louisville, Kentucky claimed to have invented it.  And some time between 1924-1926, [...]

Today is National Hoagie Day.
Much like the submarine sandwich, hoagies are made-to-order sandwiches filled with lettuce, onion, tomato, meat and cheese with an oregano-vinegar dressing on an Italian bun.
It has been agreed that it was created in Philadelphia but there are a few different stories on how it got its name.
The most widely accepted story [...]