Perhaps responsible for a lot of dental work, Corn Nuts has a been an all-American snack for almost 90 years. But before it was commercialized in 1936, its prototype, "parched corn," can be traced ...

It is hard to imagine a world without corn. It sweetens our sodas, fuels our cars, fattens our livestock, and forms the core of countless meals. Whether you are biting into a buttery cob at a summer ...

Corn was domesticated from its ancestor teosinte in central Mexico beginning about 9,000 years ago by humans selectively breeding the wild plant, transforming its small, hard-shelled kernels into the ...

COLORADO, USA — Central to many Latin cultures is corn, a grain with a historical significance that goes back thousands of years. To create food and art celebrating corn in the present is to pay ...

One woman in Mississippi has amassed a sizable collection. Another in Maine has built a wardrobe around it. Candy corn, one of the most divisive treats on the market, has proved it has staying power.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The history of corn, one of humankind's indispensable staple crops, is far more complicated that previously known, according to scientists who conducted a comprehensive genetic ...

Nature At The Confluence will host a presentation on food history Sept. 6. The event will feature Cynthia Clampitt, a 2025 Illinois Humanities Road Scholar Speaker, according to a community ...

“The History of Shelby County,” a 1915 book by author Edward White, recounts the following about Shelby Township, one of the county's administrative districts just south of Earling: “A most ...