Green chile lore suggests that cultivated chile peppers were introduced into what is now the United States in 1609 by Santa Fe’s founder, Captain General Juan de Onate. Alternatively, other sources suggest that they were first introduced to the Pueblo Indians of New Mexico in 1582-1583 by the Antonio Espejo Expedition. Regardless of how they…
Month: September 2017
Pecan Streusel French Toast Casserole
According to Apicius, Pan Dulcis, a dish of bread soaked in milk, and sometimes eggs, and then fried in oil or butter existed as early as the age of the Roman Empire. However, the modern dish that we know as French toast, got its name in 1724 from an innkeeper in Albany, New York named…
