British high-end grocery chain Waitrose offers a list of the top 100 moments in food history. While definitely being a bit Anglo-centric, many of their selections would rank similarly here on this side of the pond. Hard to deny the staying power of sandwiches, farming and forks.
Couple of things caught my eye – I had no idea that an Iowan created the automatic bread slicer. I lived in that state for three years, yet they seem more proud of Tom Arnold from Ottumwa and John Wayne of Winterset than Otto Frederick Rohwedder of Davenport. Also, who knew that Piggly Wiggly was the first modern supermarket?
Patient and observant readers will note that this is a 99-item list. Apparently American students aren’t the only ones falling behind in math.