National Waffle Day: Waffles and Whipped Cream
Waffles have traveled a long road in American culture — from colonial hearths to diners, hotel buffets, and even novelty cones for ice cream. They’ve been loaded with fried chicken, drenched in syrup, and adapted countless ways since Dutch settlers first brought them here in the 1600s.
August 24th marks National Waffle Day in the United States. The date commemorates the 1869 U.S. patent issued to Cornelius Swartwout for the waffle iron.
For this year’s occasion, I photographed waffles covered in generous swirls of Reddi Wip whipped cream. Mention whipped cream in American pop culture and you can’t ignore Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass — the 1965 album Whipped Cream & Other Delights, famous for its cover of model Dolores Erickson nude, wearing nothing but whipped cream, became an icon of its era. Here, the whipped cream might be less suggestive, but it remains just as central to the scene.
It’s a reminder that sometimes food doesn’t need embellishment or styling. Straight from the can, straight from the toaster oven, and straight to the camera.
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