"So instead General Mills used dyes that were made from radishes, and turmeric, and purple carrots." - CYNTHIA GRABER, Eating the Rainbow: Or, the Mystery of the Orange Oranges, the Red M&Ms, and the Blue Raspberry, Gastropod #CynthiaGraber
"Before these individual packages, you had to buy and usually eat your snacks on the street, or at the circus, or the ballgame." - CYNTHIA GRABER, Snack Attack!, Gastropod #Gastropod #snacks #AmericanCircusDay #CynthiaGraber
"And it is awesome." - CYNTHIA GRABER, Black Gold: The Future of Food...We Throw Away, Gastropod #Gastropod #CynthiaGraber
"I know OREOS® were actually the knock-off." - CYNTHIA GRABER, The Way the Cookie Crumbles, Gastropod #Gastropod #Cookie #NationalOreoDay #CynthiaGraber
"Nabisco was able to sell OREOS® for less money, and they kept spending money on advertising, and Hydrox's ads started to sound a little pissy." - CYNTHIA GRABER, The Way the Cookie Crumbles, Gastropod #Gastropod #Cookie #NationalOreoDay #CynthiaGraber
"The invention of the Cheeto® had to do with exploding corn!" - CYNTHIA GRABER, Snack Attack!, Gastropod #Gastropod #snacks #NationalCheeseDoodleDay #CynthiaGraber
"And the Cheddar would arrive not so delicious." - CYNTHIA GRABER, Who Invented Mac and Cheese?, Gastropod #Gastropod #NationalCheddarDay #CynthiaGraber
"And frankly Nigella was pretty sexy when she ate chocolate cake out of the fridge at 3 a.m." - CYNTHIA GRABER, TV Dinners, Gastropod #Gastropod #NationalChocolateCakeDay #CynthiaGraber
"It takes like milk." - CYNTHIA GRABER, Say Cheese!, Gastropod #Gastropod #NationalMilkDay #CynthiaGraber
"He later tried to invent a way to measure the tension that spaghetti could sustain." - CYNTHIA GRABER, Remembrance of Things Pasta: A Saucy Tale, Gastropod #Gastropod #NationalSpaghettiDay #CynthiaGraber
"Remember Bubba Gump Shrimp, the company that was founded on the wave of Forrest Gump shrimp-based enthusiasm?" - CYNTHIA GRABER, All You Can Eat: The True Story Behind America's Most Popular Seafood, Gastropod #Gastropod #CynthiaGraber
"They cut sugar consumption, they help reduce obesity and diabetes." - CYNTHIA GRABER, Dirty Tricks and Data: The Great Soda Wars, Part 2, Gastropod #Gastropod #WorldDiabetesDay #CynthiaGraber
"I have outed myself as a candy corn lover, but I really don't want to know." - CYNTHIA GRABER, Trick or Treat: Soul Cakes, Candy Corn, and Sugar Skulls Galore!, Gastropod #Gastropod #NationalCandyCornDay #CynthiaGraber
"In 1764, the first commercial production of chocolate in America began here." - CYNTHIA GRABER, What the Fluff is Marshmallow Creme?, Gastropod #Gastropod #NationalChocolateDay #CynthiaGraber
"Apparently, red-fleshed apples are pretty rare!" - CYNTHIA GRABER, The Big Apple Episode, Gastropod #Gastropod #NationalAppleDay #CynthiaGraber
"And growing saffron could make economic sense for Vermont farmers, too." - CYNTHIA GRABER, Meet Saffron, the World's Most Expensive Spice, Gastropod #Gastropod #NationalVermontDay #CynthiaGraber
"Kevin is proud of kimchi!" - CYNTHIA GRABER, Are Insect Guts the Secret to the Most Delicious Kimchi?, Gastropod #Gastropod #CynthiaGraber
"Now, unlike in the past, it takes almost no time to get a good cup of coffee." - CYNTHIA GRABER, Espresso and Whisky: The Place of Time in Food, Gastropod #Gastropod #InternationalCoffeeDay #CynthiaGraber
"TikTok even has its own category of ridiculous-sounding Starbucks orders." - CYNTHIA GRABER, Déjà-Brew: How Coffee Got Bad, Then Worse, and, Finally, Good Again, Gastropod #Gastropod #NationalStarbucksDay #CynthiaGraber
"And Bobby's a fan." - CYNTHIA GRABER, Meet Taro, the Poke Bowl's Missing Secret Ingredient, Gastropod #Gastropod #NationalBobbyDay #CynthiaGraber
"It's a mixture of caramel and popcorn and peanuts!" - CYNTHIA GRABER, Snack Attack!, Gastropod #Gastropod #snacks #NationalPeanutDay #CynthiaGraber
"It did taste like a beef hamburger!" - CYNTHIA GRABER, Where's the Beef? Lab-Grown Meat is Finally on the Menu, Gastropod #Gastropod #NationalBurgerDay #CynthiaGraber
"Then there's the wax, you know, like a candle." - CYNTHIA GRABER, Gum's the Word: A Sticky Story, Gastropod #Gastropod #CynthiaGraber
"You can find higher-end craft chocolate bars that are single origin - that is, they just come from one country!" - CYNTHIA GRABER, We Heart Chocolate, Gastropod #Gastropod #WorldChocolateDay #CynthiaGraber
"So, macaroni - that's Italian!" - CYNTHIA GRABER, Who Invented Mac and Cheese?, Gastropod #Gastropod #NationalMacaroniDay #CynthiaGraber
"But he doesn't think it's fried chicken." - CYNTHIA GRABER, Poultry Power: The Fried Chicken Chronicles, Gastropod #Gastropod #NationalFriedChickenDay #CynthiaGraber
"It's super funky, and really delicious." - CYNTHIA GRABER, The Big Apple Episode, Gastropod #Gastropod #CynthiaGraber
"That's one reason that sushi is an interesting approach for selling a new expensive technology." - CYNTHIA GRABER, Where's the Beef? Lab-Grown Meat is Finally on the Menu, Gastropod #Gastropod #InternationalSushiDay #CynthiaGraber
"Cheese would not exist without salt." - CYNTHIA GRABER, The Salt Wars, Gastropod #Gastropod #NationalCheeseDay #CynthiaGraber
"And why were Marilyn Monroe, Winston Churchill, Napoleon, and, now, even Nicky, obsessed with one particular sparkling wine?" - CYNTHIA GRABER, Champagne Wishes: The Tastes of Celebration, Gastropod #Gastropod #MarilynMonroe #HappyBirthdayMarilynMonroe #CynthiaGraber