BelGem Waffles

19/03/2023

https://www.museabrugge.be/collecties/kunst-werk/17-bourgondische-wafelijzers

18/03/2023

NY State Fair Belgian waffles' legacy began at 1964 World's Fair.
Now a brunch-time staple, Belgian waffles were the fair’s culinary sensation. On the opening day of the 1965 season, the New York Times reported that “Belgian waffles sold like hotcakes.” Branded as “Bel-Gem” waffles, the tasty treats sparked nationwide sales of waffle makers and proved so popular that even Lebanese vendors at the fair began to sell them. “The truth is that Belgian waffles debuted in America at the Seattle World’s Fair in 1962,” Tirella says, “but New York is where most Americans ate them for the first time.”

18/03/2023