August 13 – Today’s Food History
John-Bryan Hopkins
Events of August 13

Today’s Food History
on this day in…
1899 Alfred Hitchcock was born. He is my favorite movie director.
1970 ‘Make It With You’ by Bread is #1 on the charts
1991 Jack Ryan died. Before helping to develop the Barbie Doll for Mattell, Ryan worked for the Pentagon designing missiles!
2004 Julia Child died 2 days before her 92 birthday. American cooking authority, cookbook author, TV Cooking show host, etc. During World War II, she also worked for the OSS from 1941-1945 (The OSS is the forerunner of the CIA).

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