Articles in Food History
![King Cake: Epiphany and the Three Kings](http://susanmckee.com/roadtripsforfoodies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/kingcake_1.jpg)
By Susan McKeeThe Road Trips Foodie
OK, Road Trips Foodies: it’s quiz time. Why is the traditional dessert served each January 6 called a king cake?
Those of you who learned about Christian holidays probably mustered …
![How to tell the difference between France’s most iconic cheeses](https://roadtripsforfoodies.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/gorgonzola.jpg)
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By Fromage from Europe Marketing Council
Europe produces an astonishing amount and variety of cheeses. Certain estimates place the number of French cheeses in Europe at more than 1,000 – …
![Foods, Cultures, Impact, and Innovation of Africa](https://roadtripsforfoodies.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/california-napa_africa1.jpg)
Renowned chefs and scholars will headline Worlds of Flavor, the Food Industry Leadership Conference and Festival set for November 2022 in Napa, California.
The 24th annual Worlds of Flavor® International Conference and Festival, at The …
![The Quest to Save the Pink Apples of Italy](https://roadtripsforfoodies.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Italy_pink-apples.jpg)
By Agostino Petroni
Afar.com
On a warm April day, with poplar pollen cruising through the air like snowflakes in midwinter, Graziella Traini welcomed me to her farm in Montedinove, in the heart of Marche, a hilly region …
![“A Bite-Sized History of France”](http://susanmckee.com/roadtripsforfoodies.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Henaut-and-Mitchell-book.jpg)
Food takes the top spot in this year’s book award competition from the French Heritage Society.
Named as winner of the Fourth Annual Book Award is A Bite-Sized History of France: Gastronomic Tales of Revolution, …
![Ingrained – The History of Rice in Louisiana](http://susanmckee.com/roadtripsforfoodies.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/louisiana-rice-150.jpg)
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By Christiaan Mader for Lafayette Travel
Some time in 1960s, businessmen with the Japanese electronics company Hitachi flew to southwest Louisiana, specifically, we are told, to Ville Platte. Of interest …
![Attend a Burns Supper in Scotland](http://susanmckee.com/roadtripsforfoodies.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/scotland-burns-supper.jpg)
January may seem like a month of rest and relaxation after festive indulgences, but there are plenty of reasons to keep celebrating, most prominently: Burns Night.
Scots and other Road Trips Foodies can toast …
![La Cité Internationale de la Gastronomie](http://susanmckee.com/roadtripsforfoodies.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/france-lyon_lacitegastronomie.jpg)
Road Trips Foodies contemplating France might want to put Lyon on their itineraries.
La Cité Internationale de la Gastronomie, 4 Grand Cloître du Grand Hôtel-Dieu (Entrance by de l’Hôpital square), Lyon, has opened.
Part museum, part sensory …
![A Culinary Journey Through Karlsruhe](http://susanmckee.com/roadtripsforfoodies.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/germany-karlsruhe_culinary.jpg)
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By Karlsruhe Tourism
The story of the city of Karlsruhe in southern Germany begins in 1715, when the foundation stone of the Residenzschloss was laid. The city won worldwide renown …