Cheese Danish
it is not known if the "cheese Danish" (like the "Danish") comes from New York. 8 August 1942, Los Angeles Times, pg. A2:CHEESE DANISHFolks rave about this heavenly concoction…
it is not known if the "cheese Danish" (like the "Danish") comes from New York. 8 August 1942, Los Angeles Times, pg. A2:CHEESE DANISHFolks rave about this heavenly concoction…
Entry in progress -- B.P. Arkansas -- Trips & TrailsCheese Dip TrailDid you know Arkansas is believed to be the birthplace of cheese dip? Little Rock lawyer and filmmaker Nick Rogers has done…
The origin of "cheese fries" (cheese added to french fries) is in dispute. The dish is claimed by both Philadelphia and Chicago, dating from the early 1980s. Hostess distributed frozen…
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Castle Williams, on Governors Island, was designed and erected between 1807 and 1811. It was called a "cheese box" (or "cheesebox") in the 19th century. "It (Castle…
Texas has an alleged "Home of the Hamburger" (Athens) and the Cheeseburger Capital of Texas (Friona), but where and when was the cheeseburger invented? There is no doubt that cheese was…
Friona in West Texas was declared the "Cheeseburger Capital of Texas" by the legislature in 2007. Tiny Friona had been home to a Cheeseburger Cook-Off and Festival since only 2006 when it…
New York City did not invent the cheesecake (the German immigrants brought it over), but New York certainly perfected it. 6 October 1931, Syracuse (NY) Herald, pg. X, col. 5:New York Cheese…
The Cheesecake Factory is a restaurant chain that began in California in the 1970s. The unflattering nickname of "Cheesecrap Factory" has been cited in print since at least 2005.…
Chef salad (or "chef's salad") is a tossed salad that contains lettuce, several vegetables, hard-boiled eggs and often cheese and meat (such as ham). Early recipes (from the 1930s)…
"Chefdom" means the state or condition of being a chef. The term "chefdom" has been cited in print since at least 1886, when it referred to the French cooks who would display…
"Cheftestant" was coined in 2006 by recapper Keckler of the blog 'Television Without Pity," referring to the chef contestants of the Bravo television channel cooking show Top…
"Chetestapant" (chef + contestant + participant) has been used on the popular website Eater.com (cited in print since at least June 17, 2010), always in reference to the Bravo network…
Clement Clarke Moore (1779-1863) -- perhaps best known as the credited author of the yuletide poem "A Visit from St. Nicholas" -- lived in what he called Chelsea, in Manhattan. He had an…
Chelsea Market, between 15th and 16th Streets and Ninth and Tenth Avenues, opened in April 1997. It's a pleasant place to eat food or to buy food products. Every neighborhood should have one…
"Chelseaite” is the name of an inhabitant of Chelsea, in the borough of Manhattan. The name “Chelseaite” has been cited in print since at least 1935. An inhabitant of Chelsea has also…
"Chelsean” is the name of an inhabitant of Chelsea, in the borough of Manhattan. The name “Chelsean” has been cited in print since at least 1939, when a neighborhood newspaper titled The…
Collateralized debt obligations (CDOs) became so toxic that by August 2007 Ian Kerr dubbed them "Chernobyl death obligations" (after the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear reactor disaster). The CDO…
"Cherpumple" is a cherry pie, a pumpkin pie and an apple pie baked all in one. The dessert was created by Charles Phoenix and was popularized in 2010, when it was featured in the Wall…
The Brooklyn Botanic Garden's Cherry Blossom Festival has been a popular event since its beginning in 1982. It's been a New York "rite of spring" for the past quarter-century.…