Today in History Food Edition March 16, 2024

State Festivals
Highland Maple Festival
Hearts & Stars Gala: Tokyo Nights
Annual Clewiston Sugar Festival
Shrimpapalooza
Annual Rocky Mountain Oyster Fry
Beer, Bourbon & BBQ Festival
29th Annual Popsicle Bridge Contest
Capitol Market Green Chili Shootout
Pecan and Wine Festival
Annual Bay Area Travel & Adventure Show
32nd Annual Hebron Maple Festival
Sugar Camp Days
Maple Taste & Tour Weekend
Taste Washington
New York Maple Weekend
Saint Urho
Fish Stew
Desserts for Finn
National Corn Dog Day
Corn Dogs
National Artichoke Hearts Day
Stewed Artichokes
1912 First Lady Helen Herron Taft plants the 1st cherry tree in Washington, D.C.
Coconut Ice Cream
1915 Absinthe is outlawed in France and several other countries
Sea Scallops Brochette
1934 Walt Disney's 'The Three Little Pigs' won an Oscar for best Short Subject, Cartoon at the 6th Academy Awards.
3 Little Pigs Snack Mix
1935 John James Rickard Macleod died (born Sept 6, 1876)
Diabetic Tiramisu
1950 President Truman signed the Oleomargarine Act which repealed Federal taxes on oleomargarine.
Margarine
1975 T-Bone Walker, blues guitarist, died.
T-Bone Steak
1990 A Third Michelin star was awarded to Restaurant Louis XV in the Hotel de Paris
Louis XV Desert