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Daily Takeaways @daysonaplate.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

A revered symbol of fertility and good fortune in the southwest Asian country of Armenia, which observes its Independence #onthisday (21 Sep), the pomegranate was also meaningful to US artist George Henry Hall (born 21 Sep 1825) during a year in Italy as shown by 'A Pomegranate, Siena' 👇 #foodsky 🍜

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Daily Takeaways @daysonaplate.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

For those who have little idea of how to make a Waldorf salad - like hapless hotel owner Basil Fawlty (John Cleese) in the first episode of the British classic comedy Fawlty Towers shown #onthisday (19 Sept 1975) - there's some help in the comments 🙂 #foodsky 🍜 www.youtube.com/watch?v=sEeF...

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Fawlty Towers: I want a Waldorf salad!

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Daily Takeaways @daysonaplate.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

At one time in the US, the Mint Julep cocktail - bourbon, sugar, mint - was used in the horse-racing industry to ease workers' aches and pains. In the Bond movie 'Goldfinger' which premiered #onthisday (17 Sept 1964), the eponymous villain offers it to Bond as a welcome to his horse ranch #foodsky 🍜

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Daily Takeaways @daysonaplate.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

It's a cuisine known for its colour and boldness so you would expect Mexico Independence Day #onthisday (Sept 16) to be celebrated in the red, white and green of its flag with chiles en nogada - peppers stuffed with spicy minced pork and covered with walnut sauce, parsley and pomegranates #foodsky 🍜

Daily Takeaways @daysonaplate.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

The first woman to win World's Best Pastry Chef, Jessica Préalpato (born #onthisday 15 Sept 1986) is all kinds of remarkable - now pastry chef at the Louvre in Paris, she also revolutionised the English afternoon tea tradition with 'naturalité pastry' using fruits instead of refined sugar #foodsky 🍜

Daily Takeaways @daysonaplate.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

When you break bread, you wouldn't expect to see it threaded together again. But the reassembly of elements using red string was a hallmark of American painter and performance artist David Wojnarowicz (born #onthisday 14 Sept 1954) to suggest seams and irreconcilable breaks in culture #foodsky 🍜

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Daily Takeaways @daysonaplate.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

If you want to talk about a country's real spirit, then in the case of southeastern European country North Macedonia - which celebrates its independence day #onthisday (8 Sept) - you'd have to talk about rakija, a traditional fruit brandy made most commonly from plums, grapes, and pears #foodsky 🍜

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Daily Takeaways @daysonaplate.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Interesting experiment - for an individual. But if increasingly rough seas are a real threat to outside supplies getting through, there'd be some competition for the resources with a 20,000+ population 🙂 #foodsky 🍜 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Forget the Mediterranean diet, I'm eating nothing but food from Shetland for a month

Dr Alex Armitage is eating only food grown, reared or caught in Shetland during September.

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Daily Takeaways @daysonaplate.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Apple butter is a non-dairy, jam-like spread achieved by slowly stewing apples, sugar and spices such as cinnamon and nutmeg. Seasonal to autumn, the traditional nature of its production is idealised by US folk artist Grandma Moses (born #onthisday 7 Sept 1860) in 'Apple Butter Making' #foodsky 🍜

Daily Takeaways @daysonaplate.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

A seductive dish of prawns with ratatouille, marinated egg yolk, pea cream and zucchini flowers - inspired by the cuisine of Milan chef Carlo Gracco - opens up more than gustatory passion between diner and chef in the movie 'I Am Love', which premiered in Italy #onthisday (5 Sept 2009) #foodsky 🍜

Daily Takeaways @daysonaplate.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

A street food classic made its bow #onthisday (4 Sept 1949) when, depending on the reference, Berlin sausage stall holder Herta Heuwer either ran out of mustard or just experimented during a lull. At any rate, it resulted in her tangy sauce invention that has made currywurst a global hit #foodsky 🍜

Daily Takeaways @daysonaplate.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

If you're contemplating afternoon tea, raise a cup to English artistocrat Anna Russell, the 7th Duchess of Bedford (born #onthisday 3 Sept 1783) who is said by many to have created and developed the social ritual of tea and light bites to satisfy the hunger void between lunch and dinner #foodsky 🍜🧵

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Daily Takeaways @daysonaplate.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

The national dish of Vietnam - which celebrates its National Day #onthisday (2 September) - is so iconic that it's also been assigned its own day in December. Pho is a slow-cooked spicy broth supplemented with noodles, meat and toppings such as fresh herbs, bean sprouts, lime and chili #foodsky 🍜

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Daily Takeaways @daysonaplate.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

It might have offended feeders of park wildlife at the time (as indeed it might today) but diners at the Hotel Roanoke in Virginia, USA, were offered the menu choice of fricassee of squirrels #onthisday (1 Sept 1899). The grey variety remains fair 'game' under strict rules about capture #foodsky 🍜

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Daily Takeaways @daysonaplate.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

On #WorldPhotographyDay savour the World Food Photography Awards website featuring amazing focuses in wide-ranging categories including 'Food at the Table' winner Jo Kearney's 'A Woman Eats in the Canteen of the Soviet-era Sanatorium' #foodsky 🍜 www.worldfoodphotographyawards.com/finalists-ga...

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Daily Takeaways @daysonaplate.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Associated more as a leftovers dish for servants while the gentry dined on the prime cuts of venison, humble pie - named after the ‘umbles’ (offal) of deer used - was on the menu for King James I himself #onthisday (18 August 1617) when he was the guest of a baronet in Lancashire, England #foodsky 🍜

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Daily Takeaways @daysonaplate.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Meaningful meals mark India's Independence Day #onthisday (15 August) according to @timesofindianews.bsky.social such as Poori Bhaji - deep-fried Poori (unleavened bread) with Aloo ki Sabji (potato and tomato curry) - "shared among fighters becoming a symbol of sustenance and resistance" #foodsky 🍜👇

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Daily Takeaways @daysonaplate.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

A huge 1300-kilo cake symbolises one of Italy's most historic celebrations #onthisday (14 Aug). La Torta dei Fieschi in Lavagna, Genoa, replicates the 13th century marriage of the Count of Lavagna to a noblewoman when portions of the multi-layered treat were distributed free to all there #foodsky 🍜

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Daily Takeaways @daysonaplate.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Food-based anxiety lay at the heart of films by iconic English director Alfred Hitchcock (born #onthisday 13 August 1899) according to @faroutmagazine.co.uk (see comments) "In Notorious, a nice cup of coffee becomes a murder weapon; In Psycho, a simple sandwich becomes a sinister omen” #foodsky 🍜

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Daily Takeaways @daysonaplate.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Hawker centres - popular dining hubs of street food in southeast Asia - took star billing in the hit movie comedy Crazy Rich Asians (which premiered #onthisday 7 August 2018) when romantic lead Rachel was initiated into such treats as satay, chili crab, stir-fried noodles and laksa curry #foodsky 🍜

Daily Takeaways @daysonaplate.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Back in pre-1752 Julian Calendar days, Oyster Day would be celebrated in London #onthisday (5 August) as it was considered the start of the season for eating the shellfish - indeed, Londoners believed that if you ate oysters on this day you would not want for money all year round #foodsky 🍜

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Daily Takeaways @daysonaplate.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

As devotees of the oatcake (based as we are in Scotland), we were dismayed to learn that #onthisday (20 July 1818) holidaying English Romantic poet John Keats failed to see the appeal of the traditional oatmeal crackers, writing to his brother Thomas: “I cannot manage the cursed oatcake” #foodsky 🍜

Daily Takeaways @daysonaplate.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Where other people met and ate fascinated French Impressionist painter Edgar Degas (born #onthisday 19 July 1834) as in 'At the Cafe' 👇 For himself it's written he ate solely in his studio every day on brioche with marmalade for breakfast and for lunch on meat cutlet and hard-boiled eggs #foodsky 🍜🧵

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Daily Takeaways @daysonaplate.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Curry love in Great Britain became firmly established in the mid 19th century thanks to Indian-English novelist and poet, William Makepeace Thackeray (born #onthisday 18 July 1811) when the author of the classic Vanity Fair glorified the dish in Ode to Curry, published in Punch magazine #foodsky 🍜

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Daily Takeaways @daysonaplate.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Hearty Bryndzové Halušky is regarded as a symbol of pride in the central European country of Slovakia - fitting for its independence day revelries #onthisday (17 July). The dish combines potato dumplings (halušky) with a strong, salty bryndza cheese sauce topped with fried bacon pieces #foodsky 🍜

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Daily Takeaways @daysonaplate.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

As well as being a seriously revered artist of his day - particularly for his classic fresco 'The Last Supper of San Salvi' in Florence - painter Andrea del Sarto (born #onthisday 16 July 1486) patronised the fun 'Florentine School of Sausage Art', which produced playful meat-themed works #foodsky 🍜

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Daily Takeaways @daysonaplate.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Snack-lovers owe a lot to inspired men born #onthisday (15 July) years apart - legend has it that African-American chef George 'Crum' Speck (born 1824) went on to invent the potato chip while Italian-American businessman Amadeo Obici (1877) definitely did form the Planters Peanut Company #foodsky 🍜

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Daily Takeaways @daysonaplate.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Sweet, tangy boysenberries – a cross between raspberries, blackberries and loganberries – are the new fruit kids on the block. Developed in the 1920s by Californian horticulturist Rudolph Boysen (born #onthisday 14 July 1895), they are ideal for pies and jams. And this loaf (see comments) #foodsky 🍜

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Daily Takeaways @daysonaplate.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

The customer who declared "I'll have what she's having" during *that* scene in the romantic comedy movie 'When Harry Met Sally' (which premiered in Los Angeles #onthisday 13 July 1989) would have received a turkey sandwich - still available today in Katz's Deli, New York, for $27.95 #foodsky 🍜🧵

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Daily Takeaways @daysonaplate.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

In hard times, maverick Italian artist Amedeo Modigliani (born #onthisday 12 July 1884) traded his now priceless works for food. His choice dish, according to the book The Artist’s Palate, was Triglie alla Livornese, fresh red mullet in a tomato, garlic, olive oil, parsley and chili sauce #foodsky 🍜

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Daily Takeaways @daysonaplate.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

Pulitzer Prize winning author Harper Lee's classic novel To Kill a Mockingbird, published #onthisday (11 July 1960), primarily struck blows against racist attitudes but also made the world aware of scuppernongs - the large, sweet, green-gold grape native to the southern United States #foodsky 🍜

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Daily Takeaways @daysonaplate.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Has food ever taken you to this level? One of the most emotional homages given an edible was to the madeleine by French novelist Marcel Proust (born #onthisday 10 July 1781) in his classic tome Remembrance of Things Past. Tasting the tea-soaked sponge cake unleashed unbridled passions #foodsky 🍜

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Daily Takeaways @daysonaplate.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Everyday food found exalted new status as classic art when American pop artist Andy Warhol’s ‘Campbell’s Soup Cans’ was unveiled at the Ferus Gallery in Los Angeles #onthisday (9 July 1962) - a celebration of a brand that Warhol said had provided his lunch every day for 20 years #foodsky 🍜

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Daily Takeaways @daysonaplate.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

It's called Cafe Debussy in the Oscar-winning psychological thriller movie Inception - which premiered #onthisday (8 July 2010) - but if you're ever in Paris and want to rendezvous there like stars Leonardo di Caprio and Ellen Page, look for Il Russo restaurant in the 7th arrondissement #foodsky 🍜

Daily Takeaways @daysonaplate.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

On #WorldChocolateDay (7 July) salute the Michelin Guide approved pastry chefs of the top Rome eatery Il Pagliaccio for their 'Clown Balloon' - a hand-painted chocolate balloon with espuma, sponge and pear filling, complex string of tempered dark chocolate plus pear sorbet and hazelnuts #foodsky 🍜🧵

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Daily Takeaways @daysonaplate.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Langoustine and vanilla might not seem like a natural pairing but it is in the Indian Ocean island country of The Comoros where - with added butter, olive oil, shallots, white wine, vinegar, clover sprouts and spinach - it is a national dish to celebrate its Independence Day on 6 July #foodsky 🍜

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Daily Takeaways @daysonaplate.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Iconic style of English fashion designer Sir Paul Smith (born 5 July 1946) is often described as 'classic with a twist' - which also applies to his favourite dish, according to @wallpapermag.bsky.social. It's beans on toast but with "the world’s most famous sourdough and Echiré butter" #foodsky 🍜🧵

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Daily Takeaways @daysonaplate.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

America may be most associated with hotdogs and apple pies but it's recorded that founding father and 2nd president John Adams celebrated independence on #4thofJuly 1776 with turtle soup, poached salmon, peas and potatoes and either Indian pudding (pictured) or apple Pandowdy for dessert #foodsky 🍜🧵

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Daily Takeaways @daysonaplate.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

As the cream of the world's tennis players whip up the crowds at Wimbledon, the other half of the gustatory delight linked to the event has a major claim to fame today. The first cultivated strawberry was exhibited at the Royal Horticultural Society in London #onthisday (3 July 1806) #foodsky 🍜👇

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Daily Takeaways @daysonaplate.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Tiny Caribbean island of Curacao, already celebrated for its eponymous citrus liqueur and recent debut on the World Cup football stage, shifts focus #onthisday (2 July) to its own Flag and Anthem Day with helpings of traditional Keshi Yena, hollowed out cheese stuffed with spiced meat #foodsky 🍜

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Nigella Lawson @nigella.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

🇨🇦 Tradition decrees that on #CanadaDay my Maple Buttercream Cupcakes with Bacon Sprinkles are #RecipeOfTheDay! Look, I get that this all sounds weird, but they certainly don’t taste weird. Far from it: they are, indeed, deeply rewarding to eat. www.nigella.com/recipes/mapl...

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Maple Buttercream Cupcakes With Bacon Sprinkles

As someone who has happily come up with a bacon brownie recipe, I was only too enthusiastic about the idea of bringing bacon to a maple-syrup cupcake. I use very thinly sliced rindless streaky bacon ...

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Daily Takeaways @daysonaplate.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

A key element in making Key Lime Pie is, naturally, the Key lime. Exclusive use of the zesty citrus named after the Florida Keys led to the delight – a fusion of lime, egg yolks and condensed milk within a pastry crust – becoming the official state pie of Florida #onthisday (1 July 2006) #foodsky 🍜

Daily Takeaways @daysonaplate.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

When I'm in Italy, I've noticed cooks neither slice nor crush the garlic, they saute it whole in olive oil and then discard it - perhaps that's for particular recipes #foodsky 🍜

Daily Takeaways @daysonaplate.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

It's often a dish that's named in honour of a luminary but in the case of 29 May, it's a nut. The macadamia, which contains the highest levels of ‘good’ monounsaturated fats of any nut, is named after Scottish scientist Dr John MacAdam (born #onthisday 1865) who championed it in Australia #foodsky 🍜