by B.L. Unkel | Dec 10, 2022 | History
How much do you know about butter? Probably not as much as you think. Butter Contrary to popular belief by the young, butter doesn’t just magically appear on store shelves. It’s a dairy product produced by churning fresh—from real animals, usually cows—milk or...
by B.L. Unkel | Dec 3, 2022 | History
Coffee—the lifeblood of millions. One man turned his hobby of making the perfect cup of coffee into a business. The Man Once upon a time (back in 1873), Joel Cheek worked for a wholesale grocery company as a traveling salesman. One day, one of his customers...
by B.L. Unkel | Nov 19, 2022 | Baking
With the holidays fast approaching, so too are pies, cookies, and candy. And the one thing they all have in common? Sugar. History While all green plants make sugar, only sugar beets and sugarcane make enough for extraction to be practical. The knowledge and...
by B.L. Unkel | Nov 5, 2022 | Baking
National Candy Day is celebrated on November 4. Did you know… The word candy first showed up in the English language in the late 13th century. It came from the French cucre candi, which came from the Persian’s Qand and Qandi, meaning cane sugar. America saw candy made...
by B.L. Unkel | Oct 8, 2022 | Baking
Don’t you just love fall? It brings cooler weather, the smell of wood smoke in the air, and color in the trees. But there’s another reason to love fall—apples. History Did you know it’s believed apples come from modern-day Kazakhstan in Central Asia? Their...
