You’re in a fancy restaurant. They’re making Caesar Salad at the table, right in front of you. Visions of chariots racing in an ancient Olympic stadium flash through your mind. The audience of wealthy Romans and Senators cheer wildly. Maybe Cleopatra, Julius Caesar, and Mark An

Sean Loyless, compliments of Wikimedia Commons   The sun is scorching, the air hazy with heat. Sun screens and sun hats appear like extras in a movie where weather is the star. Sno-cones, sno-balls, shaved ice, and slushies tempt you from every street corner, festival, event, and

Giovanni Stanchi Dei Fiori, 1600s, compliments of Wikimedia Commons What is more delicious than ice cold watermelon on a scorching summer day? Mark Twain said it best in his 1894 novel, Pudd’nhead Wilson. “When one has tasted watermelons, he knows what angels eat.” The food that angel

  No, it’s not Rice Krispies. How about Dribble or Funny Cake? Mincebek, Nysebek, or Zalabia? There are so many names for this humble, popular treat most of us call funnel cake. Basically, it’s fried dough – a sweet that’s been around for thousands of years. Jeff Barto reported i

  The stories are as yummy as the dogs. Which was first? Perhaps the ancient Egyptians who invented deep frying over 7,000 years ago? The corn dog we know today is a far cry from the ancients. Bar S speculated that modern “corn dogs are such a great idea, more than one person tho

  It’s totally American. Head back to the 1920s when Girl Scouts spent time outdoors, often huddled around a cozy campfire. They invented a gooey treat made with only three ingredients – graham crackers, toasted marshmallows, and a slab of chocolate. The story claims that the sco

  He was creepy. The hairy man with yellowed teeth smelled awful – a mix of cigars, beer, and sweat. He didn’t talk, only grunted. He pursed his lips, glared, and heaved a scarred wooden crate onto his shoulder. The seltzer man scared me. He wasn’t the candy man or the smiling ma

  Are you a foodie? Do you have royal tastes without Fort Knox to back you? Or are you food-picky: know exactly what you like and don’t like? Either way, eat like a one-percenter virtually. Discover some of the most outrageous and expensive foods in the world. Read on. Let’s star

  Are you furious at the inflated price of eggs? How about a $5 Happy Meal or a $6 bag of potato chips? It’s just pennies to a one-percenter. One-percenters are the top richest people, earning more than 99 percent of the rest of us (below). Their world is filled with the power an

  Would you eat eggy bread for breakfast? Names are us. There are hundreds of millions different names in the world. They tell us who we are, how we’re related to the past, and if we reflect our times. Think Finnian vs Finn, Benedict vs. Benji, or Kordula vs. Katlin. What’s that