Where does the time go?
It seems like just yesterday that Mr. Food taped his first TV segment.

Let’s take a look at some of the Mr. Food highlights.

Butcher-turned-caterer/actor Art Ginsburg creates and begins broadcasting his quick 'n' easy television vignette

Art self-syndicates his 90-second Mr. Food vignette to 9 television markets

King World begins nationally syndicating the show. "Mr. Food" is now syndicated by CBS Television Distribution in more than 120 markets and reaches close to 4 million daily viewers nationwide.

William Morrow & Company signs Mr. Food to what will be the first of numerous cookbook contracts

Mr. Food is among the first authors to appear on the QVC shopping network, selling 8,000 copies of the first two quick 'n' easy Mr. Food cookbooks in just minutes!

The Mr. Food headquarters expands to encompass a state-of-the-art television studio, test kitchen, and production and publishing offices in Fort Lauderdale

As spoken by Mr. Food, this tagline is registered by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office as one of a select group of copyrighted sound marks

The Mr. Food “ooh-so-easy” recipe continuity program is launched by Oxmoor House, a division of Time Warner, making it one of the most successful programs of its kind for Oxmoor House

The annual Mr. Food cookbook series, also published by Oxmoor House, is launched

The American Diabetes Association (ADA) partners with the Mr. Food team to create Mr. Food's Quick & Easy Diabetic Cooking. The cookbook goes on to become one of the ADA’s all-time best-sellers, with the same title translated into Spanish, a second Mr. Food/ADA title released in 2002, and a third in 2006.

The popular online recipe site www.mrfood.com also becomes an e-commerce site offering Mr. Food cookbooks and products

The Mr. Food Holiday Special is produced and distributed in conjunction with Panasonic and aired by television affiliates across the country

mrfood.com adds new product lines, expanding its offering of timesaving kitchen products and unique gift items, and continually offering more services to everyone who loves food!

Mr. Food and his test kitchen team focus on developing specialty cookbooks for other entities, including Panasonic, Eggland's Best, Domino Sugar, Salad Savoy, Rodale Inc., American Media, Inc. and others

Chicken Soup for the Soul: Mr. Food Recipes for Busy Moms is one of three new Mr. Food cookbooks released this year!

Mr. Food celebrates 25 years of syndication success with King World and more than 30 years on the air!

mrfood.com is relaunched, now including video of the daily news segment and an expanded e-commerce area

The Best of Mr. Food Homestyle Quickies and Mr. Food TV Favorites cookbooks are released, bringing the Mr. Food cookbook library close to 50!

The Mr. Food brand continues to grow stronger, launching a new Web site and eNewsletter, plus creating relationships with new entities