Raisin and Spice Bar Day

Today’s Food History

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1764 The Sugar Act passed in Britain, placing new restrictions on the import of molasses to America.

1806 Isaac Quintard patented the apple cider mill.

1858 W. Atlee Burpee was born. Founder of the world’s largest mail-order seed company in 1876.

1881 Edwing Houston and Elihu Thomson patented a centrifugal separator, which could be used in separating milk.

1981 Bob Hite died. Singer with Canned Heat.

1994 Andre Tchelistcheff died. Tchelistcheff was a Russian-born U.S. enologist, was a pivotal figure in the revitalization of the California wine industry following Prohibition (1919-33) and used his Paris training in viticulture and wine making to pioneer such techniques as cold fermentation and the use of American oak barrels for aging. He was also an authority on the types of soil suitable for growing various grape varieties.
Encyclopedia Brittanica (CD-2002)

1998 The Spice Girls first U.K. concert in Glasgow