Great Writing Is Like Inventing Buffalo Wings
Combine some favorites with a dash of creativity and wow the public
Americans eat more than 28 billion chicken wings per year, including more than 1.4 billion on Super Bowl Sunday, but they’re still a fairly new invention.
The secret is in the sauces. The newness of these flavorful food inventions (and every variation of sauces that turn ordinary chicken into Buffalo wings) keeps wing demand “hot.”
During the 2020 Pandemic, combined U.S. sales to restaurants and supermarkets jumped10.3 percent to more than $3 billion while sales of frozen wings leaped 37 percent.
The gritty Buffalo, NY story adds to the appeal. Most credit the invention of Buffalo wings to Teressa Bellissimo, who founded the Anchor Bar in 1935 with her husband, Frank.
Great Inventions, Brands (and Writing) Starts With an Original Idea
Your sauce gives something ordinary its sizzle. Like all good stories, there are variations, but the most popular version explaining the making of the masterpiece known as Buffalo wings goes like this:
Teressa Bellissimo’s son, Dominic, was tending bar one Friday night in March 1964 when his buddies came “home” from college. They…
