Today in History Food Edition March 19, 2024

State Festivals
'AgDay' National Agriculture Day
40th Annual International Pizza Expo
CNM Symposium
Feast of St. Joseph, patron of confectioners
St. Joseph’s Day Bread
Decorative Breads
Fig Bread
Mafalda Pasta
Red Sauce
Egg Frittata
Zeppole di San Giuseppe
Sfinci di San Giuseppe
St. Joseph Salad
Frittelle di San Giuseppe
St. Joseph Sfinge
St. Joseph Staff
Nativity Cookies
St. Joseph Raspberry Cream Cupcakes
Gingerbread Tool Box
Spinach Potato Frittata
Pesto Crostini
Cream Puff Cake
First Day of Spring: Vernal Equinox
Flower Lollipops
Pansy Shortbread Cookies
Scotch Eggs
National Poultry Day
Garlic Chicken
National Chocolate Caramel Day.
Chocolate Caramels
The swallows return to Mission San Juan Capistrano, California each year. On October 23 they leave for winter in Argentina.
Pounded Swallows
1865 William Morton Wheeler was born (died April 19, 1937)
Ants on a Log
Get Rid of Ants
1930 Gualtiero Marchesi was born
Fish Dripping
1936 Canned beer is sold to the public in Britain for the first time, by Felinfoel Brewery in Wales.
Barbecue Stuffed Beer Can
2008 In Alamosa, Colorado state health officials warned residents to stop drinking and cooking with tap water after samples had tested positive for salmonella contamination.
Salmonella
2012 Industry research firm Technomic reported that Wendy's is now the number 2 hamburger chain in the U.S., overtaking Burger King, now number 3. McDonald's is still number 1.
Dave’s Single (Copycat)
McDonald’s Cheeseburger (Copycat)
Whopper (Copycat)