We're a few days out from World Baking Day, so here's the story of a woman who’s helped people find their way around the kitchen for more than a century… even though she isn’t a real person.
It's National Ham Day, so we've got the story of a ham in Smithfield, Virginia that’s stood the test of time for over 120 years.
Bike helmets have been more or less the same for many years, but there’s a new effort to make safer and more responsive headgear with 3D printing.
In New Orleans, king cake is a Mardi Gras tradition, though it's one that started with an earlier holiday.
About this time in 1910, a member of Congress thought the next big food trend would be hippo meat.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
