Today in History Food Edition April 12, 2024

State Festivals
Asparagus Festival
St. Elias Food and Culture Festival
San Joaquin Asparagus Festival
Orange Bowl food and Wine Celebration
Rhododendron Festival
88th Annual Atlanta Dogwood Festival
Specialty Coffee Expo
Ponchatoula Strawberry Festival
Atlantic City Beer and Music Festival
Annual Bone Sucking Sauce Peak City Pig Festival
OBX Taste of the Beach
The 71st Annual Pear Blossom Festival
Decibel Magazine Metal and Beer Festival
24th Annual Pennsylvania Herb and Garden Festival
Annual World Grits Festival
15th Annual South Carolina Strawberry Festival
77th Annual Poteet Strawberry Festival
Whatcom County Home and Garden Show
St. Zeno of Verona
Branzino Mediterranean
St. Teresa of Los Andes
Chilean Pumpkin Sopaipillas
Chilean Borgona (Strawberry Wine)
National Colorado Day
Rocky Mountain Oysters
David Letterman
Hot Chicken Salad
National Licorice Day
Mine N Ike’s CC
National Grilled Cheese Sandwich Day
Kefalograviera Greece
Kerrygold Ireland
Red Gouda Holland
Raclette Switzerland
Organic Sharp Cheddar Australia
Asiago Italy
Limburger Germany
Pepper Jack USA
1837 William Procter started making soap
Snowball Soap
1924 Prohibition ends in Alberta Canada
Prickly Berry Sour
1949 United Fruit Co. registered Bananas
Double Chocolate Banana Bread
1985 The 4 Unicorns of Ringling Bros and Barnum and Bailey Circus
Unicorn Fudge
1988 Singer Sonny Bono elected Mayor in Palm Spring CA
Sonny Bono’s Spaghetti
1989 The USSR issued rations for Sugar
Soviet Pizza
1990 3 US Canneries made a compact for safe tuna
Mahi Mahi
1996 James and the Giant Peach opened in Theaters
Jameson and the Giant Peach Cocktail
2000 Ben and Jerry’s Ice Cream sold to Unilever
Ben and Jerry’s Vanilla Ice Cream CC
2001 Maryland banned GMO fish
Grilled Maryland Bluefish
2020 Coronavirus
Locust Stir Fry