The History of Mister Peanut
Amadeo Obici Many people in America have come to know and love the business that is now called “Planters.” However, very few will recognize the name of Amadeo Obici, the man who…
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The History of Pine Nuts
Pine Trees Make Nuts? When we first began cooking with pine nuts, we didn’t know much about where they actually came from. The pine tree wasn’t a tree that was correlated with…
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The Modern History Of The Pecan
Although the pecan has a long history in North America, Georgia farmers were relatively latecomers in realizing its value as a commercial crop. The first orchards were planted in the early 1800s. It was…
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The Blue Diamond Company History
Blue Diamond Growers started in 1910 as a processing and marketing co-op for California almond growers. Today, there are six thousand almond farmers in California. Thirty five hundred of those farmers bring…
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The History of American Pralines
The American Praline is a smooth, sweet substance made by boiling nuts in sugar and grinding the mixture. Used primarily as a filling for chocolates. It can also be a crisp, semi-crisp…
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What Exactly is a Nut?
What is a Nut? Inside the Merriam-Webster Dictionary, we can find the technical and fundamental definitions: In a more mainstream version, they are often defined as the dry, one-seeded fruit from various…
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The History of the Macadamia Nut
The rich and highly nutritious Macadamia Nut originates from northeast Australia. Macadamia trees once grew around a mountain in modern-day Queensland, Australia. Let it be known that Australia’s First Nations Peoples have…
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The Impact of Hurricane Dorian on Fruit Production in the Bahamas
Hurricanes are one of nature’s most powerful and terrifying concoctions. Storms such as Katrina and Harvey continue to impact those involved many years later. Even storms whose effects didn’t reach quite as…
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Scott Gottlieb Resigns | Doctor Norman Sharpless Chosen as FDA Director
Scott Gottlieb was the head of the FDA for two years from May 2017 to May 2019. The FDA has now named Doctor Norman Sharpless to replace Scott Gottlieb as the acting…
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Nutella History | Where Hazelnut Spread Grew Into Big Business
Where Did Nutella Originate? In the 1940s, very little chocolate was available in Italy, and cocoa was in short supply due to World War II. Pietro Ferrero is credited with inventing a…
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Walnuts Look Like Brains and May Cure Certain Brain Ailments
Ancient Medicine And The Walnut Tradition The theory of walnut in medicine began in the ancient Mediterranean world. The walnut was a pillar of a healthy diet in Greece before the modern era….
