Selena Day is a local holiday celebrated in Texas on April 16^th. The day celebrates the life and legacy of Mexican American singer-songwriter Selena Quintanilla-Perez.

Girl Scout Cookies® maintain their humble beginnings in the kitchens and ovens of their early members. The earliest documentation of the sale of cookies being used to finance troop activities goes back to 1917.

Breakfast cereals were created by American Seventh Day Adventists and other bowel conscious individuals to promote gastric health. Before cereal, people ate chicken, pork, and other meats for breakfast. The low in fiber diet resulted in many painful gastrointestinal disorders.

Wikipedia-Ice wine (or icewine; German Eiswein) is a type of dessert wine produced from grapes that have been frozen while still on the vine. The sugars and other dissolved solids do not freeze, but the water does, allowing a more concentrated grape must to be pressed from the frozen grapes, resulting in a smaller amount of more concentrated, very sweet wine.

The presidential pardoning of one lucky turkey is a fairly modern practice.  In 1989, George H.W. Bush became the first president to pardon a turkey. Before then, turkeys were presented to the president and consumed by the president.

Thanksgiving Day in Canada takes place annually on the second Monday of October. The national public holiday serves as an opportunity for Canadians to be thankful for the good fortune of the preceding year.

 

In North America and Canada, the first Monday in September is Labor Day. The holiday serves as a celebration of workers and commemorates their respective economic and social achievements.

 

The ancient chronics of the discovery of the tomato, cocoa, vanilla and condiments, also the ancient Nahuatl name molli was an important dish of salsa. This way, discovering that most ingredients comes from Mexico involving an important and ancient utensil such as the "metate" made of stone used to chop and mix all of this condiments for molli, becoming a prehispanic utensil, we can say that mole has an important role in the culinary history of Mexico.

May 19^th is National Devil’s Food Cake Day. The rich, layered treat is a southern favorite and has been a popular dessert since the early 1900’s. Also known as Red Velvet Cake, Red Devil’s Cake, Waldorf Astoria Cake, and the $100 Dollar Cake, the airy cake first appeared Sarah Tyson Rorer’s American cookbook, Mrs. Rorer's New Cook Book.

May 14^th is National Buttermilk Biscuit day. The piping hot piece of bread served with your meal has come a long way. Similar to the scone, the biscuit maintains a hard and bitter tasting past.

Wikipedia explain the sweet 16 as a celebration in the United States and Canada as a coming age usually for a girl.  Several other cultures have big coming age celebrations at 15 or 18.

Toonik Tyme is a weeklong celebration in Iqaluit, Canada. Occurring the third weekend in April, the aboriginal holiday consists of games, music, competitions and feasting. Since 1965, the annual festival has served as a way for community members to collectively welcome spring and attract tourism.

One of the great joys of being a kid in my time was cracker jacks.  They taste great and the prizes, lots of fun.  Just singing the song, you knew as a kid that there was a mystical old time feel.

The History

Frederick William Rueckheim and his brother Louis mass-produced Cracker Jack and sold it at the first Chicago World's Fair in 1893. At the time, it was a mixture of popcorn, molasses, and peanuts and was called "Candied Popcorn and Peanuts".

One account holds that Reuben Kulakofsky (sometimes spelled Reubin, or the last name shortened to Kay), a Lithuanian-born grocer from Omaha, Nebraska, was the inventor, perhaps as part of a group effort by members of Kulakofsky's weekly poker game held in the Blackstone Hotel from around 1920 through 1935. The participants, who nicknamed themselves "the committee", included the hotel's owner, Charles Schimmel. The sandwich first gained local fame when Schimmel put it on the Blackstone's lunch menu, and its fame spread when a former employee of the hotel won a national contest with the recipe.

The origins of Black History month can be traced to Carter G. Woodson’s Negro History Week. An avid historian, Woodson wanted to champion the many, but largely ignored accomplishments of African Americans. In 1915, he helped found The Association for the Study of Negro Life and History (now known as the Association for the Study of African American Life and History or ASALH).

Buffalo Wings are a Superbowl Party staple. The tiny chicken treats have an interesting history dating back to 1964. Teressa Bellissimo, owner of the Anchor Bar of Buffalo, NY, is traditionally associated with the creation of Buffalo Wings.

Baleadas are one of Honduras's most original and popular foods. A baleada is a wheat flour tortilla, often quite thick, folded in half and filled with mashed fried beans. They originate in La Ceiba[1] This is the no-frills baleada. People may also add other ingredients. The most common types of baleadas are the baleadas sencilla (simple baleada) which has crumbled cheese and cream. The other baleada is the baleada mixta (mixed baleada) which has same as the baleada simple but with an additional scrambled eggs. Many other people add sausage, plantain, hot sauce, avocado, chicken, pork and chimol which is diced tomato, onion and bell pepper. The big Honduran towns often have more than one restaurant that sells baleadas.

European immigrants migrated west, they found the nation's heartland, which reminded many of their homelands. Climatic conditions suited farming well, and initially, farmers grew wheat, hops, and other grains. Dairy farming followed naturally, and dairy farmers soon produced an abundance of top-quality milk. To preserve excess milk, farmers made cheese. The move from producing cheese for family use to making cheese to sell was a short step. However, commercial production of cheese in Wisconsin began on a small scale.

Chowder ( chou'der, n. [ Fr. Chaudiere, pot], a dish consisting of fresh fish, clams, etc., stewed with vegetables, often with milk. (Webster's)

Atole (Mexican Spanish, from Nahuatl atolli) is a traditional masa-based Mexican and Central American (where it is known as atol) hot drink. Chocolate atole is known as champurrado. It is typically accompanied with tamales, and very popular during the Christmas holiday season (Las Posadas).