1862 ⟶ Café du Monde opens in New Orleans
Café du Monde, famous for their beignets and café au lait wi...
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1861
1862
🍿 Popcorn balls recipe appears in The Housekeeper's Encyclopedia
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."⟶
Popcorn BallsConfectioneryRecipe19th CenturyUnited StatesCandyThe Housekeeper's Encyclopedia
United States☕ Café du Monde opens in New Orleans
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.⟶
Café du MondeCoffeeBeignetsNew OrleansUnited States19th CenturyCafé
United States👨🌾 Department of Agriculture established in the United States
President Lincoln establishes the Department of Agriculture, including the Bureau of Chemistry, which is the predecessor of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).⟶
AgricultureGovernmentFood Regulation19th CenturyUnited StatesFDAFood Safety
United States🥄 Gulden's mustard company founded
🍹 Société du Rhum Barbancourt founded
Rhum Barbancourt producer, Société du Rhum Barbancourt, is founded in Haiti, making rum from pure sugar cane juice.⟶
RumBarbancourtHaiti19th CenturyAlcoholic BeveragesFood ProductionBrand
Haiti