Tuesday, October 14, 2025Daily Trivia Questions are below TODAY’S FOOD QUOTE“Once in a young lifetime one should be allowed to have as much sweetness as one can possibly want and hold.” Judith Olney
FOOD HOLIDAYS - TODAY IS: National Dessert Day
(Dessert Recipes --- Dessert Quotes) Chocolate Covered Insect Day
(Why Not Eat Insects) National School Lunch Week (Oct 13-17, 2025)
[School Nutrition Association] UK: National Baking Week (always Oct 14-20) UK: [Coffee Week] (October 13-19, 2025) The nation’s largest celebration of coffee, all for a good cause. (Coffee Trivia --- Coffee Quotes) UK: Seed Gathering Season (Sept 22-Oct 22)
[The Tree Council] Gather seeds, fruits and nuts which can be nurtured to grow the trees of the future.
TODAY IN FOOD HISTORY1721 The Governor of the Colony of Connecticut, Gurdon Saltonstall, proclaimed November 8, 1721 as a day of "Publick Thanksgiving" 1834 Henry Blair of Glenross, Maryland received a U.S. patent for a corn planter. He is one of the first African Americans to be granted a patent. 1926 'Winnie-the-Pooh' by A. A. Milne is published. Tales about his son Christopher Robin and his stuffed animals: the honey loving Pooh Bear, Eeyore the donkey, Piglet the pig and Tigger the tiger. 1953 Clarence Saunders died (born Aug 9, 1881). Founder of Piggly Wiggly grocery store chain in Memphis, Tennessee, the first true self-service grocery store (see also Sept 6, 1916). 1955 Thomas Keller was born. Award winning American chef, restaurateur and cookbook author. His 'French Laundry' restaurant in California has been awarded 3 Michelin stars since 2006. He has been awarded several Best Chef awards from the James Beard Foundation, and a long list of accolades and awards as a Chef and for his several restaurants. [ThomasKeller.com] 1957 Canada celebrates the first Thanksgiving Day as a statutory holiday; officially the 2nd Monday in October. (It had been an annual holiday since 1879 with varying dates). (Canada Thanksgiving Trivia) 1962 Irma S. Rombauer died (born Oct 30, 1877). Author of 'The Joy of Cooking' - one of the most published cookbooks, she originally had to pay to have the book privately published in 1931. Finally in 1936, publisher Bobbs-Merril Co. published the cookbook and it has been in print ever since. 1966 A hailstone 16 inches in diameter crashed through a truck windshield in Dodge County, Minnesota. 1972 'Everybody Plays The Fool' by Main Ingredient is #1 on the charts. 1978 President Jimmy Carter signed a bill legalizing home brewing. The bill allowed brewing 100 gallons per adult, up to 200 gallons per household. However states could still set there own limits. (Beer Trivia)
(Beer Quotes --- Beer Articles) 2013 Gary Miller won the 40th Annual Safeway World Championship Pumpkin Weigh-Off with a pumpkin that weighed 1,985 pounds. Miller of Napa, California took home a cash prize of $11,910, or $6 a pound. (Newer records have been set).
(Pumpkin Trivia and Facts --- Pumpkin Recipes)
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** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** October 8-19, 2025 South Carolina State Fair
Columbia, South Carolina October 10-19, 2025 85th Annual Arkansas State Fair
Little Rock, Arkansas October 15-18, 2025 Circleville Pumpkin Show
Circleville, Ohio October 15-19, 2025 New York City Wine & Food Festival - New York, New York October 16-19, 2025 - 58th Annual World Championship Chili Cook-Off - Indianapolis, Indiana October 18-19, 2025 59th Annual U.S. National Oyster Festival in St. Mary’s County
St. Mary's County, Maryland (SEE ALL FOOD FESTIVALS and OTHER FOOD EVENTS)
** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** FOOD TRIVIA QUIZ (new DAILY questions)1) All of the following events took place in the same year. What year is it?
· The term 'molecular gastronomy' was coined by Nicholas Kurti and Hervι This.
· McDonald's opened its 10,000 restaurant in Dale City, Virginia.
· Pubs are now allowed to stay open 12 hours each day (except Sunday) in the U.K.
· 'Red Red Wine' by UB40 hits number 1 on the charts. 2) What well known cocktail takes its name from iron mines in Cuba? 3) What was the first ready to eat cereal? 4) What percentage of all the French fries sold in the U.S. is sold by McDonald's?
a) 10%. b) 15%. c) 25%. d) 33%. e) 50%. Click Here for Today’s Quiz Answers ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** Read an article about Chef James and the FoodReference.com website published in the Winona Daily News, Minneapolis StarTribune, and numerous other newspapers: Click here for the Article
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This website is dedicated to:
· Gladys Ehler, my mother, who taught me patience and how to make Sauerbraten (it is still my favorite)
· Edward Ehler, my father, who taught me a love of books and history.
· Barbara Saba, my sister, who taught me how to dance.
· Cpl. Thomas E. Saba, my nephew. Died in action on Feb. 7, 2007 in Iraq. He was 30 yrs. young. Chef James
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