Tuesday, April 21, 2026Daily Trivia Questions are below TODAY’S FOOD QUOTE“There is nothing like soup. It is by nature eccentric: no two are ever alike, unless of course you get your soup in a can.”
Laurie Colwin, 'Home Cooking' (1988)
FOOD HOLIDAYS - TODAY IS:• National Chocolate Covered Cashews Day
(Cashew Nut Trivia and Facts) • U.K. National Tea Day (Tea Trivia and Facts)
(see also International Tea Day - May 21) • St. Bueno's Day, patron against cattle diseases. • National Library Week (April 19-25, 2026)
[American Library Association]
TODAY IN FOOD HISTORY1838 John Muir was born. Muir was a naturalist who was largely responsible for the establishment of Sequoia and Yosemite national parks in California in 1890. 1910 Samuel Langhorne Clemens (Mark Twain) Died. American author, pen name Mark Twain, who wrote ‘Tom Sawyer’, ‘Adventures of Huckleberry Finn,’ etc. There are many quotes and descriptions about food and dining in his works (and on FoodReference.com). An example is:
"A man accustomed to American food and American domestic cookery would not starve to death suddenly in Europe, but I think he would gradually waste away, and eventually die." (From 'A Tramp Abroad'). 1930 Donald J. Tyson was born (died Jan 6, 2011). President and CEO of Tyson Foods, he built his fathers Arkansas chicken feed and hatchery business into one of the largest producers of chicken, beef and pork in the world. 1956 'Heartbreak Hotel' by Elvis Presley was number 1 on the music charts. 1959 Alfred Dean caught a record 2,664 pound great white shark with rod and reel off Ceduna, Australia. 1962 The Seattle World's Fair (Century 21 Exposition) opened in Seattle, Washington. 1962 The Top Of The Needle restaurant in the Seattle, Washington Space Needle, was officially opened. It was the second revolving restaurant in the U.S. It seats 260 and rotates completely once every hour. (The world's first revolving restaurant was the La Ronde Restaurant built in 1961 atop the Ala Moana building fronting the Ala Moana shopping center in Honolulu, Hawaii. The restaurant has since closed down.) 1963 The Beatles and the Rolling Stones met for the first time at the Crawdaddy Club. 2025 Gold reached a new high of $3,446.
** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** April 18-19 & 22-26, 2026 - 79th Annual Pennsylvania Maple Festival - Meyersdale, Pennsylvania April 23-26, 2026 Vidalia Onion Festival
Vidalia, Georgia April 23-May 3, 2026 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival - New Orleans, Louisiana April 24-26, 2026 40th Annual San Joaquin Asparagus Festival - Stockton, California April 24-26, 2026 Annual Pensacola Crawfish Festival
Pensacola, Florida April 24-26, 2026 Annual Astoria-Warrenton Crab, Seafood & Wine Festival - Astoria, Oregon April 25-26, 2026 29th Annual National Cornbread Festival - South Pittsburg, Tennessee (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?
· Roquefort cheese became the first cheese to receive the "Appellation d'Origine Controlee" (AOC)
· New York City had 17,000 restaurants.
· Mr. Goodbar is introduced by Hershey Chocolate Co.
· U.S. refrigerator sales reach 75,000. 2) What was the mascot of the radio station WKRP on the TV show "WKRP In Cincinnati" which ran from September 1978 to September 1982? 3) Earthworms help renew the soil, by altering its composition, increasing its capacity to absorb and hold water and bring about an increase in nutrients and microorganisms.
How many earthworms can there be in 1 acre of soil?
Bonus question: Earthworms in the Nile River valley can deposit what weight of castings per acre each year? 4) This family of plants contains many species that are poisonous, including poison hemlock and water hemlock. However most members are aromatic herbs, including cumin and anise. Several species have a long history of use as herbal and folk remedies, such as goutweed and gum ammoniac, while others, such as sea holly, are grown as ornamentals.
Name this plant family. 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
** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** Dedication
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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