George Washington Loved Carrot Cake?
Food and history go hand-and-hand. At some of the most important events in history, food was present. Not only is it vital for life, but it is also usually around when there is a celebration, or a cause to eat, which could be something as simple as someone getting married, to “I just felt like having a bbq.”
In 1783, President George Washington and his troops celebrated British Evacuation Day. Washington is said to have gone to the Fraunces Tavern in New York to enjoy some carrot cake before the celebration, which would have been sort of an unfrosted tea cake instead of what we eat today.