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August 11 - Panini Day

Celebrate the Panini! August 11, 2015 is the first ‘official, National Panini Day* The first U.S. reference to panini, a ‘pan warmed Italian sandwich’ dates to 1956 in an article about an Italian street fair. Panini’s are said to have originated in Lombardy, Italy, in response to the demand among Milanese office workers for a quick lunch without sacrifice in flavor and quality In the late 1970s & 1980s. Trendy U.S. restaurants, particularly in New York, began selling panini’s. In many English-speaking countries, a panino, from Italian, meaning “small bread, bread roll” is a grilled sandwich made from baked roll or any thing other than sliced bread. *A day proclaimed by Foodimentary, the interest source fore Food Holidays and celebrations since 2006 Today’s Food History 1858  Christiaan Eijkman was born. A Dutch physician who discovered that beriberi was caused by a poor diet (a lack of vitamin B1), which eventually led to the discovery of vitamins. 1874  Harry S.