November 22 – Today’s Food History
John-Bryan Hopkins
National Cranberry Relish Day

Today’s Food History
on this day in…
- 1808 Thomas Cook was born. In 1841 Cook hired a special excursion train between Leicester and Loughborough in England for a temperance meeting. The beginning of Thomas Cook & Son, the worldwide travel agency.
- 1862 Dr. Alexander P. Anderson was born. He developed Puffed Rice in NYC in 1902, which was introduced to the world at the St. Louis World’s Fair in 1904.
- 1967 Arlo Guthrie’s ballad/song ‘Alice’s Restaurant’ was released.
- 1992 Actor Sterling Holloway died. He was also the voice of Winnie The Pooh, the honey loving bear in Disney’s animated version.

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