AUGUST EDITION OF:
COOKING FACTS AND TRIVIA

Olde Time Cooking enjoys bringing you, fellow food lovers, the following food and cooking facts and trivia.  This page is really fun for me to dig and find little known facts about the most important room in our homes, the kitchen, and share them with you.  I hope you find these both interesting and fun, too!  Your Host,  Brad

In 1941, the Federal Enrichment Act passes; millers, bakers, and cereal manufacturers must bring the nutritive content to their products to that of whole wheat by restoring iron, thiamin, riboflavin, and niacin lost in the milling or processing.

Bon Appétit begins as a free promotional booklet distributed through liquor stores in 1955.

Swanson introduces the first TV dinner in 1953; turkey, mashed potatoes and peas.

James Beard publishes his first book, Hors d'Oeuvre and Canapés in 1940.

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