Today in 1893, the highest court in the land made a controversial ruling that would profoundly affect Americans to this day: the US Supreme Court ruled that the tomato was a vegetable.
Today was the day in 1962 that “The Jetsons” premiered on ABC. Fitting for a show about the future, it was the first color broadcast for the network. Plus: it's National American Pot Pie Day - though the world record in the category for “Largest pie, meat” belongs to a group of catering students from the UK.
Agent 007 is known for living as large as you [...]
Today's the birthday of one of the great toys of our time: the Frisbee. Though if the man who put that toy into millions of hands had his way, it would’ve been called the Pluto Platter. Plus: on this National Pie Day, head to Rockland, Maine for the 16th Annual Pies on Parade Gala.
It’s Spinach Festival weekend in Lenexa, Kansas, a time for games, crafts, music, the world’s largest spinach salad and a visit from noted cartoon spinach addict Popeye the sailor. That’s fitting, since it was Popeye’s popularity that helped make Lenexa’s spinach famous in the first place.
Tomorrow is Pie Day, and my entry is ready!
In the Pie Day bakeoff, my only chance to overcome a complete lack of technique was stark pandering.
Singing happy birthday to the one year old and his birthday treat, a banana pudding pie.
Screw colony collapse disorder, the real reason bees are falling out of the sky is because humans are launching miniature pies at them:
This is not my pumpkin, this is my neighbor’s pumpkin. [...]
