UniPro Foodservice, Inc. is the largest foodservice distribution cooperative in the United States. The industry leader in providing nationwide access to exclusive purchasing opportunities for leading distributors and restaurants, healthcare facilities, school foodservice and other foodservice operations with the country's premier suppliers.
A portrait of Benjamin Banneker on the cover of his Farmers Almanac-circa 1795. Benjamin Banneker. Benjamin Banneker was a self-educated scientist, astronomer, inventor, writer, and antislavery publicist. He built a striking clock entirely from wood, published a Farmers' Almanac, and actively campaigned against slavery.
The publication of Fannie Farmer's 1896 cookbook, The Boston Cooking-School Cook Book, was an event in cooking history and in making domestic life a bit easier for family cooks, most of whom were women: she included very specific and accurate measurements. Before that cookbook, ingredient lists were estimates.