Today in History Food Edition March 2, 2024

State Festivals
14th Annual Capitol Beer Fest
Walnut Festival Annual Crab & Tri-Tip Feed
Night at the Farm
Chocolate, Brew & Wine Tour
Schell's Bock Fest
28th Annual Dinner Benefit Gala
The Big Brew Beer Festival
NYS Ice Wine & Culinary Festival
Snohomish Wine Festival
26th Annual Litchfield Park Art & Wine Festival
Annual Barrel Tasting
Annual Floral City Strawberry Festival
57th Annual Grant Seafood Festival
Parke County Maple Syrup Fair
Boston Wine Expo
South Jersey Home Show
2nd Annual Purchase Area Coffee & Chocolate Fest
Penn Cove Musselfest
13th Annual Denver International Spirits Competition
Tampa Bay Beer Week
Maryland Home & Garden Show
March Maple Madness Driving Trail
Saint Agnes of Bohemia
Palacinky
Iditaron
Vossie’s Famous Iditarod Bean Stew
National Banana Cream Pie Day
Banana Cream Pie
Basic Crumb Crust
1787 William Bass died (born 1717)
Bass and Co’s Pale Ale x2
1865 John James McLaughlin was born (died Jan 28, 1914)
Thyme Alone
1887 Harry E. Soref was born. Inventor of the laminated steel padlock
Ny Sour Cocktail
1903 The 12 story, 416 room Martha Washington Hotel opened in New York City
Martha Washington Rum Punch
1904 Dr. Seuss (Theodor Seuss Geisel) was born
Green Eggs and Ham
Redfish on a Half Shell
Pan-Fried Bluefish
Grilled Bluefish
Cookie Butter
1923 Canada and the U.S. sign the 'Halibut Treaty'
Apple Halibut Kabobs
1930 Actor John Cullum was born
Northern Exposure Meatloaf
1935 Porky Pig, Warner Bros. Looney Tunes character, made his debut in the animated short 'I Haven't Got a Hat'
Porky Pig Breakfast Skillet
1942 The Stage Door Canteen opened in New York in the basement of the 44th Street Theater
Stage Door Canteen Sugar Cookies
1962 The Twilight Zone episode 'To Serve Man' premiered
Alien Pretzels
1976 The musical 'Bubbling Brown Sugar' opened on Broadway.
Bubble Tea
1984 Ray Kroc's first McDonald's franchise restaurant in Des Plaines, Illinois closed
Mc Donald’s Filet O’ Fish
1989 A phone call to the U.S. Embassy in Santiago, Chile begins a chain of events that results in an 11 day embargo of Chilean fruit
Pan de Pascua Chilean
1995 The musical 'Smokey Joe's Cafe' opened in New York City.
Smokey Joe Cocktail
2011 The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service declared the Eastern Cougar officially extinct,
Mountain Lion Backstrap