Hartford Election Cake Is An Old-School Way To Eat Your Way Through A Campaign (Cool Weird Awesome 1341)

Whatever you're feeling on this Election Day, you might enjoy a slice of an old-school election cake many Americans used to serve when it was time to vote.

By |2024-11-05T08:37:21-05:00November 5, 2024|Categories: Cool Weird Awesome, Podcasts|Tags: , , , , , , |

The “Logan Bar” Was Not-So-Sweet Chocolate And That’s Just How The US Military Wanted It

For National Chocolate Day, the story of a World War II-era chocolate bar that wasn't too sweet, and that’s exactly how it was supposed to be. 

By |2024-12-02T08:50:49-05:00October 28, 2024|Categories: Cool Weird Awesome, Podcasts|Tags: , , , , , , , |

William A. Mitchell, The King Of Space Age Snacks (Cool Weird Awesome 1330)

Today in 1911, the birthday of William A. Mitchell, a food inventor whose name might not ring a bell but whose creations - including Pop Rocks, Cool Whip and Tang - are unforgettable.

By |2024-10-21T07:45:36-04:00October 21, 2024|Categories: Cool Weird Awesome, Podcasts|Tags: , , , |

The History Of Margarine Hasn’t Always Been Smooth (Cool Weird Awesome 1322)

Today in 1869, inventor Hippolyte Mège-Mouriès received the French patent for margarine. The butter substitute is used around the world today, though for a while it was banned in parts of the US.

By |2024-10-02T07:02:39-04:00October 2, 2024|Categories: Cool Weird Awesome, Podcasts|Tags: , , , |

Jim Delligatti, The Father Of The Big Mac (Cool Weird Awesome 1312)

For National Cheeseburger Day, here’s the story of the guy who brought us one of the world’s most massive and massively popular burgers.

By |2024-09-18T07:07:00-04:00September 18, 2024|Categories: Cool Weird Awesome, Podcasts|Tags: , , , , , , |

Colonel Sanders Was The Face Of KFC, And Occasionally Its Vocal Critic (Cool Weird Awesome 1305)

Today in 1890, the birthday of Colonel Harland Sanders, the founder and public face of Kentucky Fried Chicken, and who, for a while, was also a pretty big critic of the fast food brand he started. 

By |2024-09-09T06:55:41-04:00September 9, 2024|Categories: Cool Weird Awesome, Podcasts|Tags: , , , , |

Baby Food Giant Gerber Once Sold Jars Of Mushed Up Food For Adults (Cool Weird Awesome 1302)

Long before people on the internet came up with the baby food diet, there was this.

By |2024-09-04T06:59:36-04:00September 4, 2024|Categories: Cool Weird Awesome, Podcasts|Tags: , , , |

Ignacio Anaya García, The Inventor Of Nachos (Cool Weird Awesome 1293)

Today's the birthday in 1895 of an inventor with a huge legacy: Ignacio Anaya Garcia, the man who gave us nachos. 

By |2024-08-15T09:04:35-04:00August 15, 2024|Categories: Cool Weird Awesome, Podcasts|Tags: , , , |

The Ice Cream Cone Got The Spotlight At The 1904 World’s Fair, But That Isn’t When It Was Invented (Cool Weird Awesome 1281)

Today was the day in 1904 that a guy at the St. Louis World’s Fair supposedly invented the ice cream cone. Except that ice cream cones were around for more than a century before that.

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