There’s angel hair, elbows, and fettucine. There’s also gold string melon, squaghetti, and spaghetti squash. As William Shakespeare wrote, “a [rose] by any other name would smell as sweet.” Huh? We all know pasta is delicious, high carb, and lots of calories. What about its look

*North Dakota is the top honey producing state in the U.S. with over 31 million pounds a year. *A single bee creates 1/12 of a teaspoon of honey during her lifetime. *U.S. imports honey from India, Argentina, Brazil, New Zealand, and Mexico. *One-third of the U.S. diet comes from inse

  It’s magical. Once upon a time, millions of years ago, lived tiny critters. Their colonies were large – as many as 60,000 residents. It was a powerful monarchy led by a Queen. Everyone worked for her. Each critter had its job; teamwork was essential. The Queen lived much longer

*The average American eats about ten pounds of cereal a year. *In the mid-1800s a high protein diet was blamed for fueling “lust and laziness” – two of the seven deadly sins. *Grape-nuts today is probably the closest you’ll get to the original granula. *Nostalgia is one reason why adu

  Meat, eggs, fried potatoes, sausage, hot biscuits, butter, jam, and coffee. Up until the mid-1800s that was a “healthy” breakfast. No one worried about upset tummies or cholesterol. Enter James Caleb Jackson. He was a reformer, abolitionist, and doctor who had strong beliefs on

*Indiana turkeys, Peanut Butter & Jelly, were chosen because of their “temperament, appearance, and I suspect their vaccination status,” President Biden joked in 2021 during the pandemic. “Instead of getting basted, they’re getting boosted.”  *Benjamin Franklin wanted the turkey t

Compliments of Wikimedia Commons From commanders-in-chief to broad-breasted turkeys, it’s the annual duty of every U.S. President. As President Obama said in 2010, “I am sworn to uphold, as the leader of the most powerful nation on Earth . . . the awesome responsibility of granting a

*Many believe that Hershey Kisses got their name from the machine that makes a “smooching” sound when it produces the tear-shaped chocolate. *Kiss was a generic turn-of-the-century term for a bite-sized piece of candy. *Kissables or candy-coated kisses were introduced in 2005 to compe

Was it luck, a twist of fate, or coincidence? You decide. Milton Hershey, chocolatier, businessman, and philanthropist, was a wealthy man. Born on a Pennsylvania farm in 1857, Hershey grew up loving sweets. In 1894 he started The Hershey Chocolate Company as a subsidiary of The Lancas

*Roots are the energy-storage part of the plant. *Sweet cassava has low levels of cyanide that’s removed in cooking. Most of the poison is in the outer bark-like peel which is easily removed. *Happy International Carrot Day is celebrated every year on April 4. *WebMD reports that root