White Castle celebrates 85 years

COLUMBUS, Ohio — White Castle is celebrating 85 years of serving customers. Since the company's founding in March 1921, more than 16 billion signature White Castle hamburgers have been sold.

To celebrate this occasion, the company has scheduled many events and is the official sponsor of National Hamburger Month (May).

Anniversary events include the 15th annual Crave Time Cook Off competition held in August. A new recipe book, By the Sackful: A Scrapbook with Recipes from 85 Years of Craving, has been published with recipes from 15 years of Crave Time Cook Off recipe entries. The book is available online at WhatYouCrave.com and on Amazon.com. Proceeds from the sale of the book will be donated to the non-profit group, Turkeys 4 America Inc.