THE HISTORY CHEF!

So did you know that sugar, coffee, tea and other basic foods played a role in some of the key events that led to the American Revolution...

At the end of the Civil War, the South lay in ruins. Southern plantations and entire cities had been destroyed during the war. Without food...

One of the most famous guests to visit the White House during John Tyler’s presidency was the great English writer, Charles Dickens. Upon h...

On February 19, 1942, two months after the attack on Pearl Harbor, Franklin Delano Roosevelt  signed  Executive Order 9066  which led to the...

There are competing claims as to when the White House tradition of "pardoning" a Thanksgiving turkey began. Some say it dates b...

George Bush's memoir Decision Points has been described by the New York Times as "an autobiography focused around 'the most ...

On May 7, 1915, a German submarine torpedoed the British ocean liner RMS Lusitania en route from New York to England. Attacked without wa...

When John Quincy Adams took the Oath of Office, it was under a dark cloud of controversy. The Election of 1824 was a bitterly contested ...

Trick-or-treating has been a popular American tradition for more than a century, but its origins remain unclear. Ancient Celtic festivals,...

So did you know that Grover Cleveland's name is associated with a long-standing debate over the name of the Baby Ruth bar? Some people ...

At 2:30 a.m. on June 17, 1972, five men, one of whom was a former employee of the CIA, were  arrested  in what was later described as an ...

How Leonardo da Vinci used rudimentary pigments in 1503 to create such subtle shadows and light on the Mona Lisa has long baffled art his...

Abraham Lincoln and his wife Mary were great animal lovers and allowed their four young sons to keep all sorts of pets on White House gr...

As a lawyer, professor, and duly ordained minister, James Garfield is the only president to have discovered a novel proof of the Pythagore...

Some historians say that the origins of Father’s Day can be traced to a young woman by the name of Sonora Smart Dodd, who reportedly came...