The word dessert comes from the French word desservir, which translates to “to clear the table.”
Sweets were fed to the gods in ancient Mesopotamia, ancient India and other ancient civilizations. Dried fruit and honey were likely the first sweeteners used in most of the world. It was the spread...
By Jack Smith
The daiquiri’s origin goes back to an actual cocktail recipe card signed by a “Jennings Cox” in 1896. This original recipe underwent an important transformation in the 1920s and 1930s when, with shaved ice and an electric blender, Constantino “Constante” Ribalaigua Vert, bartender and owner of a...
By Susan Benton, 30A Eats
Ingredients
5 pounds Yukon Gold potatoes, peeled and cut into 3-inch chunks
5 pinches sea salt
1 pound sliced bacon
2 sticks unsalted butter, softened
1 1/2 cups heavy cream, slightly warmed
1 cup cheddar or gruyere cheese
1/2 cup minced chives
freshly ground pepper
Preparation
Put the potatoes in a large pot and cover...
By Jack Smith
Southern cooking has some international roots showing. Fried chicken, rice and gravy, sweet potatoes, collard greens, and spoon bread - all good, old fashioned, down home Southern foods, right? Wrong. The fried chicken and collard greens are African and the rice is from Madagascar. Southern cooking, as...
By Jack Smith
The origin of the Bloody Mary revolves around two of the world’s greatest bars. The tale begins in the roaring twenties at the famous New York Bar in Paris (later known as Harry’s New York Bar), one of Ernest Hemingway’s favorite haunts. There, bartender Fernand ‘Pete’ Petiot...
By Jack Smith
Hamburgers may well be considered America’s favorite food, but the origins of the hamburger are fuzzy at best.
The Germans claim it started in Hamburg (hence the name, hamburger), influenced in turn by 12th century Mongolians’ steak tartare. In the 19th century, beef from German Hamburg cows was...
By Jack Smith
While all of our featured restaurants offer a plethora of homemade soups and salads, I’d like to focus on two of my favorites, Caesar salad and she-crab soup. Most food-historians believe the Caesar salad was invented in the 1920s by an Italian immigrant named Caesar Cardini, a...
By Paul Bonnette
Want to start your day off the right way with a unique breakfast experience? The Pancakery on Panama City Beach has all the right elements to make your day brighter with unique breakfast and lunch options mixed with plenty of Panama City Beach history nestled in a...
By Jack Smith
The French are known for their cuisine, the Italians for their fashion, the Scottish for frugality, and the Germans, well BEER. They make it, they sell it, they drink it, hell, they even celebrate it. Oktoberfest started a long time ago when some dude married some princess,...
