Pandowdy (Pan-dowdy; Pan Dowdy; Apple Dowdy)
Entry in progress -- B.P. wiseGEEKWhat is a Pandowdy? Pandowdy, sometimes written as pan dowdy, is a dessert with an unknown origin. The name however, has long been fun to use, and the dessert to…
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Flopcorn (unpopped corn kernel)
'Flopcorn" is an invented word for the unpopped kernels of popcorn. The word "flopcorn" dates to at least 1990 in a collection of "sniglets," described by…
Old Maid (unpopped corn kernel)
Unpopped kernels of popcorn has been called "old maids" since at least 1886. "Old bachelors" is a term that has sometimes been used for unpopped kernels, but the "old…
Baldie or Baldy (pretzel without salt)
A pretzel without added salt is called a "baldie" (occasionally spelled "baldy"). "Baldy" pretzel is cited in print from 1955. The Anderson Pretzel Bakery (Lancaster,…
Pretzel (Soft Pretzel)
Entry in progress -- B.P. Wikipedia: PretzelPretzels are either soft or hard. Hard pretzels have evolved into a variety of shapes from knotted loops to straight "pretzel sticks" (called…
Delmonico Steak
Entry in progress -- B.P. Wikipedia: Delmonico's Restaurant Delmonico’s Restaurant was one of the first continuously run restaurants in the United States and is considered to be one of the…
Delmonico Potatoes
Entry in progress -- B.P. Wikipedia: Delmonico's Restaurant Delmonico’s Restaurant was one of the first continuously run restaurants in the United States and is considered to be one of the…
Angel Food Cake (Angel Cake)
Entry in progress -- B.P. Wikipedia: Angel food cakeAngel food cake is a type of cake that became popular in the U.S. following the invention of the hand-crank egg-beater in the 19th century. It…
Gut Bomb (Gutbomb; Gut Bomber)
A "gut bomb" (or "gutbomb" or "gut bomber") is any food the "bombs" your "gut." Originally, a "gut bomb" was a greasy hamburger, but not…
Chowhound (Chow Hound)
The word "chowhound" is probably best known today from the Chowhound food website. The term began as the two words "chow hound," with "chow" meaning "food"…
Hangover Breakfast
A "hangover" is a result of drinking too much; a "hangover breakfast" is the first meal taken after a night's drinking spree. The term "hangover breakfast" is…
Hangover Brunch
The words "hangover" and "brunch" were introduced in the 1890s and 1900s, but they weren't put together as "hangover brunch" until 1950 (the first recorded…
Devil’s Food Cake
Entry in progress -- B.P. Wikipedia: Devil's food cakeDevil's food cake is a rich, chocolate layer cake. Devil's food cake is aptly considered a counterpart to angel cake, that is…
Irish Soda Bread
Irish soda bread has long been a St. Patrick's Day treat. The name "Irish soda bread" dates in print to at least 1912, but the soda bread's "Irish" association became…
“Barbecue is as old as fire”
"Barbecue is as old as fire" writes John Egerton in his book Southern Food. A 1973 newspaper article about barbecue declared that "the practice is as old as fire." New York…
“Sales is vanity, profit is sanity, cash is reality” (“Volume/ Turnover/ Revenue is vanity…”)
"Sales is vanity, profit is sanity" (or "Volume is vanity," "Turnover is vanity," "Revenue is vanity") means that it's not how much that one sells that…
Caruso (cocktail)
The opera star Enrico Caruso (1873-1921) gave his name to the Caruso Cocktail -- gin, vermouth and crème de menthe. Most cocktail accounts agree that the Caruso cocktail had its origins in New…
Broadway Country Club/42nd Street Country Club (Knickerbocker Hotel bar)
The Knickerbocker Hotel (or Hotel Knickerbocker) was located on the southeast corner of Broadway and Forty-Second Street. The hotel opened in 1906, but Prohibition laws slowed business and it…
“We Cure Our Own Corned Beef; Our Chicken Soup Cures Everything Else” (Ben’s Deli)
Ben's is a deli located in Manhattan at 38th Street, between Seventh and Eighth Avenues. Ben's began in the 1970s on Long Island, specializing in curing its own corned beef. "We Cure…
Fettuccine Alfredo
Fettuccine (a pasta dish with Parmesan cheese, butter and cream) had been served at Italian restaurants in the 1800s, but Alfredo di Lelio's restaurant Alfredo on the Via della Scrofa in Rome…