Date | Category | Origin | |
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1800s | New potato varieties are brought from Chile to Europe, in an attempt to widen disease resistance of European potatoes. The import could have instead introduced or heightened vulnerability to the fungus Phytophthora infestans . [84] | Vegetables | Chile |
1801 | Bent's water crackers produced by G. H. Bent Company, one of the earliest branded foods. [85] | Grains | USA |
1802 | First modern production process for dried milk was invented by the Russian physician Osip Krichevsky in 1802. The first commercial production of dried milk was organized by the Russian chemist M. Dirchoff in 1832. In 1855, T.S. Grimwade took a patent on a dried milk procedure, though a William Newton had patented a vacuum drying process as early as 1837. | Dairy | Russia |
1809 | Gyuhap chongseo ("Women's Encyclopedia"), including many recipes, published in Korea | Cookbooks | Korea |
1824 | The Virginia House-Wife cookbook published. Includes recipe for "Mary Randolph's Transparent Pudding," an early version of chess pie | Cookbook | USA |
1835 | Baking powder is invented by food manufacturer, Alfred Bird. [86] | Technology | England |
1837 | Soufflé potatoes invented by accident. [87] | Vegetables | France |
1837 | Bird's Custard invented by Alfred Bird | Confections | England |
1841 | Edmond Albius, a 12-year-old slave who lived on the French island of Réunion in the Indian Ocean, discovered that vanilla could be hand-pollinated. Hand-pollination allowed global cultivation of the plant. [88] | Technology | Réunion |
1843 | Hand cranked freezer invented by Nancy M. Johnson, credited for the fast diffusion of ice cream. [89] | Technology | USA |
1845 | Potato blight infection (1845-1852) leads to famine in Ireland, killing or forcing the emigration of 1.5 million Irish people. [90] | Vegetables | Ireland |
1845 | Lindt chocolate company founded (date provided by the Lindt & Sprüngli company). David Sprüngli founded his chocolate company in 1836, moved it in 1845, and bought out Lindt's chocolate company (which Rodolphe Lindt had founded in 1879). | Confections | Switzerland |
1847 | The Carolina Housewife cookbook published, including one of the earliest recipes for peanut brittle, referred to as "groundnut candy" (the term "peanut brittle" was not used until 1892). [91] | Cookbooks, Confections | USA |
1848 | One of the earliest recipes for butterscotch, in the Liverpool Mercury | Confections | England |
1848 | First commercially produced chewing gum, State of Maine Pure Spruce Gum, introduced by John Curtis. [92] [93] | Chewing gum | USA |
1850 | First flavored paraffin chewing gum created by John Curtis. [92] | Chewing gum | USA |
1859 | Cook's California Champagne. Isaac Cook creates the first American champagne. [94] | Alcoholic beverages | USA |
1860s | Earliest known fish and chips shops opened in London by Eastern European Jewish immigrant Joseph Malin, [95] and by John Lees in Mossley, Lancashire. [96] [97] | Seafood | England |
1861 | Popcorn balls, one of the most popular confections in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, recipe first appears in the Housekeeper's Encyclopedia by New York author E. F. Haskell, instructing to "boil honey, maple, or other sugar to the great thread; pop corn and stick the corn together in balls with the candy." [98] | Confections | USA, New York |
1861 | Black velvet cocktail invented to mourn the death of Prince Albert. | Alcoholic beverages | England |
1861 | Mrs. Beeton's Book of Household Management published in Britain, edited by Isabella Beeton. | Cookbooks | England |
1862 | President Lincoln establishes the Department of Agriculture, including the Bureau of Chemistry, which is the predecessor of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). | Food safety | USA, Washington, D.C. |
1862 | Gulden's mustard company founded by Charles Gulden in New York City, producing a spicy brown mustard from a secret recipe, although the original recipe was spicier than the currently available product. [99] | Sauces | USA, New York |
1862 | Rhum Barbancourt producer, Société du Rhum Barbancourt, is founded in Haiti, making rum from pure sugar cane juice. | Alcoholic beverages | Haiti |
1862 | Café du Monde, famous for their beignets and café au lait with chicory, opens as a coffee stand in the French Quarter of New Orleans, Louisiana. | Pastries | USA, Louisiana |
1862 | Perrier mineral water traces its origin to 1862, the year Napoleon III authorizing the use of Les Bouillens springs in Vergèze, and the water was first sold in Britain. However, the springs have been in use since antiquity, and Dr. Louis Perrier became the official medical director for the spring in 1898 and started the Perrier brand in 1903. [100] | Beverages | France |
1863 | Fruit salad. One of the first recipes for fruit salad appeared in What to Cook and How to Eat It by Peirre Blot in New York. [101] | Fruit salad | USA, New York |
1863 | Confederate Receipt Book publishced in Richmond VA [101] | Cookbooks | USA, Virginia |
1863 | Granula, the first manufactured breakfast cereal and precursor to Grape Nuts is invented by James Caleb Jackson. The heavy bran nuggets needed soaking overnight before consuming. | Grains | USA, New York |
1863 | London Dry Gin, a dryer version than the typical Old Tom gin of the time, created by James Burrough in Chelsea, forefather of the Hayman family. Considered the origin of Hayman's of London distillery. | Alooholic beverages | England |
1866 | Vernor’s Ginger Ale introduced | Carbonated beverages | USA |
1867 | Hot dog invented by Charles Feltman for his food stall in Coney Island by pairing a frankfurter with a bread bun. [102] | Meat | USA, New York |
1867 | Ambrosia fruit salad recipe debuts in Dixie Cookery cookbook by Maria Massey Barringer. | Fruit salads | USA |
1868 | Tabasco sauce invented by Edmund McIlhenny in Louisiana; first sold the following year and patented in 1870. [103] | Sauces | USA, Louisiana |
1869 | Thomas Adams buys chicle, the milky latex of the sapodilla tree, from exiled Mexican President, Antonio López de Santa Anna, in the hopes of processing it for use as an alternative to rubber, but later sold it for its original purpose as chewing gum | Chewing gum | Mexico |
1869 | Thomas Adams markets “New York Chewing Gum” [92] | Chewing gum | USA, New York |
1869 | Hippolyte Mège-Mouriès invents margarine, [104] winning the prize offered by Napoleon III to invent a suitable substitute for butter. The original substitute however used beef suet rather than vegetable oils. [105] | Fats and oils | France |
1871 | Beef Stroganov recipe first appears as "Beef à la Stroganov, with mustard" in the 1871 edition of A Gift to Young Housewives (Russian: Подарок молодым хозяйкам) by Elena Molokhovets in Moscow. The recipe has changed over time. [106] | Meat | Russia |
1871 | Thomas Adams patents first chewing gum-making machine and begins producing chicle-based gum as a novelty item with no flavorings or additives. [92] [107] | Chewing gum | USA |
1875 | Milk chocolate in solid form invented by Swiss chocolatier Daniel Peter (initially meant for making a drink). Peter also created the first milk chocolate for eating, Gala Peter, in 1887. | Confections | Switzerland |
1879 | William White discovers how to flavor chicle, using peppermint, and marketing it as Yucatan chewing gum [92] | Chewing gum | USA |
1879 | Wheatena first advertised by George H. Hoyt | Grains | USA |
1882 | Tom Collins cocktail recipe, with Old Tom gin, lime or lemon, and soda water, first published in Harry Johnson'sNew and Improved Bartender’s Manual, or How to Mix Drinks of the Present Style, in English and German. | Alcoholic beverages | USA |
1884 | Thomas Adams begins adding licorice flavoring to his chicle gum, marketed as Adams Black Jack. | Chewing gum | USA |
1885 | Salisbury steak; an early description of its preparation. | Meat | USA |
1885 | 1885-1904: Depending on claims, range for the invention of the modern hamburger sandwich. [108] | Meat | USA |
1886 | Jonathan Primely makes the first fruit-flavored chewing gum, sold as Kis-Me [92] | Chewing gum | USA |
1886 | Canada bans margarine. [105] | Fats and oils | Canada |
1888 | Thomas Adams' “Tutti Frutti” becomes first chewing gum sold in vending machines, which were placed in NYC subway stations. [92] | Chewing gum | USA, New York |
1890 | Beeman's gum invented [109] (elsewhere reported as 1882 [92] ) | Chewing gum | USA |
1890 | Henry Fleer purportedly invents Chiclets, the first commercially available candy-coated chewing gum [92] | Chewing gum | USA |
1891 | William Wrigley Jr. introduces the Vassar, Lotta, and Sweet 16 chewing gum brands. [92] | Chewing gum | USA |
1892 | William Wrigley Jr. introduces Spearmint Pepsin gum [92] | Chewing gum | USA |
1892 | Experimental plantations of rice in Australia begin, in New South Wales. [110] | Grains | Australia |
1893 | Cream of Wheat introduced by Scottish-born chief miller, Tom Amidon | Grains | USA |
1893 | Juicy Fruit gum introduced | Chewing gum | USA |
1894 | Granulated gelatin first commercially available, invented by the Knox Company, followed by Jell-O a few years later. | Confections | USA |
1894 | Walker's Nonsuch toffee manufacturer founded | Confections | England |
1896 | Waldorf salad containing only apples, celery, and mayonnaise created for a charity ball for the St. Mary's Hospital for Children at the Waldorf-Astoria hotel in New York City on March 13. | Fruit salads | USA, New York |
1896 | First self-service restaurant (the "Stollwerck-Automatenrestaurant") opens in Berlin's Leipziger Straße. [111] | Fast food | Germany |
1897 | Machine-spun cotton candy invented by dentist William Morrison and confectioner John C. Wharton, and first introduced to a wide audience at the 1904 World's Fair as Fairy Floss | Confections | USA |
1897 | Gallo (Famosa) Guatemalan beer introduced | Alcoholic beverages | Guatemala |
1897 | Grape Nuts introduced | Grains | USA |
1897 | Al Ahram brewery founded | Alcoholic beverages | Egypt |
1897 | Dos Equis first brewed by the German-Mexican Wilhelm Hasse | Alcoholic beverages | Mexico |
1897 | Crème caramel in its modern form, with soft caramel on top, and prepared and cooked using a bain-marie, is first documented in La cuisinière provençale by Jean Baptiste Reboul. [112] | Desserts | France |
1898 | Brunswick stew introduced | Soups and stews | USA |
1898 | Walkers Shortbread introduced | Breads | Scotland |
1898 | Tarte Tatin introduced | Confections | France |
1898 | Lane cake introduced | Confections | USA |
1898 | Barq's Root Beer introduced | Beverages | USA |
1898 | Jelly beans; first known reference in writing. [113] | Confections | USA |
1898 | Gin sour introduced | Alcoholic beverages | USA |
1898 | Pepsi Cola introduced | Beverages | USA |
1898 | Perrier mineral water | Beverages | France |
1899 | Dentyne gum created by New York druggist, Franklin V. Canning [92] | Chewing gum | USA |
1899 | Licorice Allsorts introduced | Confections | England |
1899 | Oysters Rockefeller introduced | Seafood | USA, Louisiana |
1899 | Club sandwich introduced | Sandwiches | USA, New York |
1899 | Maltex introduced [114] | Grains | USA |
1899 | Dentyne gum introduced [92] | Confections | USA |
1899 | American Chicle Company founded [92] | Chewing gum | USA |
Date | Category | Origin | |
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1900 | Clark's Teaberry chewing gum invented by Charles Burke | Chewing gum | USA |
1904 | Jello salad. One of the earliest examples of jello salad is Perfection Salad, developed by Mrs. John E. Cook of New Castle, Pennsylvania in 1904. | Fruit salads | USA, Pennsylvania |
1905 | Lactobacillus bulgaricus , the lactic acid-producing bacteria, discovered by Stamen Grigorov as the true cause for the existence of natural yogurt. [115] | Dairy | Bulgaria |
1907 | Gumballs and gumball machines introduced [116] | Chewing gum | USA |
1912 | Bread-slicing machine invented by Otto Rohwedder, although it would not enter use before 1928 however. [117] | Technology | USA |
1914 | Wrigley introduces [116] | Chewing gum | USA |
1914 | Thomas Adams introduces Clove brand gum [116] | Chewing gum | USA |
1913 | Violet Crumble chocolate bar introduced by Hoadley's Chocolates in South Melbourne | Confections | Australia |
1912 | The first domesticated blueberries reach the market. [118] | Fruits | USA |
1918 | Fox's Glacier Mints introduced as "Acme Clear Mint Fingers" by Eric Fox, later named Fox's Glacier Mints in 1919 | Confections | England |
1919 | Campbell Cereal Company, maker of Malt-O-Meal, founded. | Companies | USA |
1920s | French fries introduced in the United States by returning First World War soldiers. [119] | Vegetables | Belgium or France |
1920 | Flake chocolate bar introduced by Cadbury | Confections | England |
1922 | Minties candy invented by James Noble Stedman | Confections | Australia |
1928 | One of the earliest references to lucky tattie candy, in the Dundee Evening Telegraph [120] | Confections | Scotland |
1924 | Botan Rice Candy invented by Seika Foods | Confections | Japan |
1924 | Red River Cereal introduced by the Red River Grain Co. | Grains | Canada |
1925 | Mr. Goodbar candy bar with peanuts and chocolate introduced by The Hershey Company. | Confections | USA |
1927 | Wrigley introduces PK Gum (discontinued in 1975) | Chewing gum | USA |
1928 | Heath chocolate toffee bar introduced by the Heath Brothers Confectionery | Confections | USA |
1928 | Walter Diemer, working for the Fleer Chewing Gum Company in Philadelphia, invents Dubble Bubble, the first bubble gum [116] | Chewing gum | USA, Pennsylvania |
1929 | Crunchie chocolate-covered honeycomb toffee candy bar introduced by J. S. Fry & Sons | Confections | England |
1930s | Gum trading cards introduced | Chewing gum | USA |
1930 | Fruit cocktail first sold commercially, first by Barron–Gray, then California Packing Corporation under its Del Monte brand a few years later. | Fruit salads | USA, California |
1933 | Peter Paul Co. sells a charcoal gum, advertising on Mounds box | Chewing gum | USA |
1934 | Farex baby cereal first produced by the company Glaxo. | Grains | USA |
1935 | Green papaya salad. One of the earliest known recipe of som tam in Thailand appeared in the Yaowapha cookbook series by Princess Yaovabha Bongsanid in 1935, which included Som tam ton malako (Thai: ส้มตำต้นมะละกอ) or Khao man som tam (Thai: ข้าวมันส้มตำ). This recipe is similar to som tam as prepared today and includes roasted peanuts and dried shrimp as key ingredients. | Vegetables | Thailand |
1936 | Quality Street first produced by Mackintosh's | Confections | England |
1940 | The McDonalds brothers open their first McDonald's restaurant on May 15 in San Bernardino, California. [121] | Fast food | USA, California |
1943 | White Rabbit Creamy Candy introduced | Confections | China |
1947 | Bazooka Bubble Gum introduced | Chewing gum | USA |
1948 | Polo breath mint introduced by Rowntree's Factory, York | Confections | England |
1948 | Canada lifts the ban on margarine. [122] | Fats and oils | Canada |
1950 | Harvey’s Sugarless Gum introduced | Chewing gum | USA |
1951 | Maypo introduced by the Maltex Corporation | Grains | USA |
1953 | First commercial fish fingers. The American company Gorton-Pew Fisheries, now known as Gorton's, was the first company to introduce a frozen ready-to-cook fish finger; the product, named Gorton's Fish Sticks, won the Parents magazine Seal of Approval in 1956. [123] [124] The developer of those fish sticks was Aaron L. Brody. | Seafood | USA |
1958 | The instant noodle was invented by Momofuku Ando of Nissin Foods in Japan, and launched the same year. | Grains | Japan |
1958 | The first conveyor belt sushi restaurant, Mawaru Genroku Sushi, opens in Higashiosaka. [125] | Fast food | Japan |
1953 | Daim chocolate caramel almond bar introduced | Confections | Sweden |
1958 | Nestle Nestum introduced | Grains | Portugal |
1959 | Caramac caramel bar introduced by Mackintosh's | Confections | England |
1960s | Dalgona candy becomes a popular street food in Korea | Confections | South Korea |
1960 | The invention of the potato water gun knife facilitates the mass production of French fries by fast food restaurants. [119] | Technology | USA |
1961 | Invention of the Chorleywood bread process. [126] | Grains | England |
1964 | Toffo toffee (originally named Toff-O-Lux until 1975) introduced by Mackintosh’s [127] | Confections | England |
1964 | The iconic Australian biscuit Tim Tam enters the market. [128] [129] | Confections | Australia |
1976 | Pop Rocks fizzing candy introduced by General Foods (although it had been invented and patented earlier, in 1961) | Confections | USA |
1981 | Skor chocolate toffee bar introduced by The Hershey Company | Confections | USA |
1983 | Fruit Roll-Ups introduced | Confections | USA |
1990s | Goldschläger, a gold-infused cinnamon schnapps based on goldwasser, the Polish liqueur from 1606 is introduced. It becomes a popular drink in the 1990s for shots. | Alcoholic beverages | Switzerland |
1995 | McFlurry soft serve dessert introduced by McDonald's | Fast Food | USA |
The cuisine of Germany consists of many different local or regional cuisines, reflecting the country's federal history. Germany itself is part of the larger cultural region of Central Europe, sharing many culinary traditions with neighbouring countries such as Poland and the Czech Republic. In Northern Europe, in Denmark more specifically, the traditional Danish cuisine had also been influenced by German cuisine in the past, hence several dishes being common between the two countries.
Emmer is a hybrid species of wheat, producing edible seeds that have been used as food since ancient times. The domesticated types are Triticum turgidum subsp. dicoccum and T. t. conv. durum. The wild plant is called T. t. subsp. dicoccoides. The seeds have an awned covering, the sharp spikes helping the seeds to become buried in the ground. The principal difference between the wild and the domestic forms is that the ripened seed head of the wild plant shatters and scatters the seed onto the ground, while in the domesticated emmer, the seed head remains intact, thus making it easier for people to harvest the grain.
Belgian cuisine is widely varied among regions, while also reflecting the cuisines of neighbouring France, Germany and the Netherlands. It is characterised by the combination of French cuisine with the more hearty Flemish fare. Outside the country, Belgium is best known for its chocolate, waffles, fries and beer.
The Neolithic Revolution, also known as the First Agricultural Revolution, was the wide-scale transition of many human cultures during the Neolithic period in Afro-Eurasia from a lifestyle of hunting and gathering to one of agriculture and settlement, making an increasingly large population possible. These settled communities permitted humans to observe and experiment with plants, learning how they grew and developed. This new knowledge led to the domestication of plants into crops.
Spelt, also known as dinkel wheat is a species of wheat. It is a relict crop, eaten in Central Europe and northern Spain. It is high in protein and may be considered a health food.
Mediterranean cuisine is the food and methods of preparation used by the people of the Mediterranean Basin. The idea of a Mediterranean cuisine originates with the cookery writer Elizabeth David's book, A Book of Mediterranean Food (1950), and was amplified by other writers working in English.
Agriculture began independently in different parts of the globe, and included a diverse range of taxa. At least eleven separate regions of the Old and New World were involved as independent centers of origin. The development of agriculture about 12,000 years ago changed the way humans lived. They switched from nomadic hunter-gatherer lifestyles to permanent settlements and farming.
Egyptian cuisine makes heavy use of poultry, legumes, vegetables and fruit from Egypt's rich Nile Valley and Delta. Examples of Egyptian dishes include rice-stuffed vegetables and grape leaves, hummus, falafel, shawarma, kebab and kofta. Others include ful medames, mashed fava beans; koshary, lentils and pasta; and molokhiyya, bush okra stew. A local type of pita bread known as eish baladi is a staple of Egyptian cuisine, and cheesemaking in Egypt dates back to the First Dynasty of Egypt, with Domiati being the most popular type of cheese consumed today.
The cuisine of ancient Egypt covers a span of over three thousand years, but still retained many consistent traits until well into Greco-Roman times. The staples of both poor and wealthy Egyptians were bread and beer, often accompanied by green-shooted onions, other vegetables, and to a lesser extent meat, game and fish.
Barley, a member of the grass family, is a major cereal grain grown in temperate climates globally. It was one of the first cultivated grains; it was domesticated in the Fertile Crescent around 9000 BC, giving it nonshattering spikelets and making it much easier to harvest. Its use then spread throughout Eurasia by 2000 BC. Barley prefers relatively low temperatures and well-drained soil to grow. It is relatively tolerant of drought and soil salinity but is less winter-hardy than wheat or rye.
The oldest evidence for Indian agriculture is in north-west India at the site of Mehrgarh, dated ca. 7000 BCE, with traces of the cultivation of plants and domestication of crops and animals. Indian subcontinent agriculture was the largest producer of wheat and grain. They settled life soon followed with implements and techniques being developed for agriculture. Double monsoons led to two harvests being reaped in one year. Indian products soon reached the world via existing trading networks and foreign crops were introduced to India. Plants and animals—considered essential to their survival by the Indians—came to be worshiped and venerated.
Food history is an interdisciplinary field that examines the history and the cultural, economic, environmental, and sociological impacts of food and human nutrition. It is considered distinct from the more traditional field of culinary history, which focuses on the origin and recreation of specific recipes.
Bread was central to the formation of early human societies. From the Fertile Crescent, where wheat was domesticated, cultivation spread north and west, to Europe and North Africa, and east toward East Asia. This in turn led to the formation of towns, which curtailed nomadic lifestyles, and gave rise to other forms of societal organization. Similar developments occurred in the Americas with maize and in Asia with rice.
Ancient Israelite cuisine refers to the culinary practices of the Israelites from the Late Bronze Age arrival of Israelites in the Land of Israel through to the mass expulsion of Jews from Roman Judea in the 2nd century CE. Dietary staples among the Israelites were bread, wine, and olive oil; also included were legumes, fruits and vegetables, dairy products, fish, and meat.
This is a categorically organized list of foods. Food is any substance consumed to provide nutritional support for the body. It is produced either by plants, animals, or fungi, and contains essential nutrients, such as carbohydrates, fats, proteins, vitamins, and minerals. The substance is ingested by an organism and assimilated by the organism's cells in an effort to produce energy, maintain life, or stimulate growth.
Ancient grains is a marketing term used to describe a category of grains and pseudocereals that are purported to have been minimally changed by selective breeding over recent millennia, as opposed to more widespread cereals such as corn, rice and modern varieties of wheat, which are the product of thousands of years of selective breeding. Ancient grains are often marketed as being more nutritious than modern grains, though their health benefits over modern varieties have been disputed by some nutritionists.
The history of rice cultivation is an interdisciplinary subject that studies archaeological and documentary evidence to explain how rice was first domesticated and cultivated by humans, the spread of cultivation to different regions of the planet, and the technological changes that have impacted cultivation over time.
Most scholars were highly skeptical of Lee's report [...] Most specialists agree that rice is not indigenous to the Korean peninsula. The conventional perspective in East Asian archaeology is that rice cultivation started along the banks of the Yangtze River in southern China and subsequently moved northward.
The oldest ears of popcorn ever found were discovered in the Bat Cave of west central New Mexico in 1948 and 1950.... the oldest Bat Cave ears are about 5,600 years old.
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: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)In 1837 the Belgian botanist Morren succeeded in artificially pollinating the vanilla flower. On Reunion, Morren's process was attempted, but failed. It was not until 1841 that a 12-year-old slave by the name of Edmond Albius discovered the correct technique of hand-pollinating the flowers.
In 1860 a Jewish immigrant from Eastern Europe called Joseph Malin opened the first business in London's East End selling fried fish alongside chipped potatoes which, until then, had been found only in the Irish potato shops.