Events for January 23, 2026

Rhubarb’s Journey From Medicine to Pie National Rhubarb Pie Day celebrates a dessert built around one of the most unusual plants in the kitchen. Rhubarb looks like celery, behaves like a vegetable and is treated like fruit in baking. Its story begins not in dessert, but in medicine. Rhubarb originated in Asia, particularly in regions […]

The Long History of Pie and Why It Endures National Pie Day celebrates one of the oldest and most enduring forms of cooking, a food that exists at the intersection of practicality, creativity and comfort. Long before pie became associated with dessert, it served a functional purpose. Early pies appeared in ancient civilizations as a […]