Monday, November 17, 2025Daily Trivia Questions are below TODAY’S FOOD QUOTE“The smell of good bread baking, like the sound of lightly flowing water, is indescribable in its evocation of innocence and delight.”
M. F. K. Fisher (1908-1992)
FOOD HOLIDAYS - TODAY IS:• Homemade Bread Day (Bread Recipes)
(Bread Trivia --- Bread Articles --- Bread Quotes) • National Butter Day (Butter Trivia and Facts) • National Baklava Day (Quick Baklava Recipe)
(Baklava Trivia) • Feast of St. Elizabeth of Hungary, patron of bakers. • National Hunger & Homeless Awareness Week (Nov 16-22, 2025 - week before Thanksgiving) [National Coalition for the Homeless] A time to share our compassion with our neighbors who are experiencing homelessness. • UK: National Baking Week (always Oct 14-20)
TODAY IN FOOD HISTORY1749 Nicolas Appert was born. Appert was a French cook and inventor who developed the method of preserving food that we call canning. He originally used glass jars sealed with wax and reinforced with wire. (History of Canned Foods --- Can Trivia) 1772 Marc Antoine Desaugiers was born (died Aug 9, 1827). French composer, song writer. Wrote many songs about the joys of the table. 1857 H.N. Wadsworth of Washington D.C. received the first American toothbrush patent (U.S. patent No. 18,653). "...separating the bunches of bristles more than the common brush, so as to give more elasticity and enable them to enter between the interstices of the teeth-having the brush wide that it may be imperative on the part of the patient to brush the gums thoroughly..." 1869 The Suez Canal opened to shipping, linking the Red Sea with the Mediterranean Sea. 1936 Fredy Girardet was born. Swiss chef, he is considered one of the greatest chefs in the world, and his restaurant in Crissier, Switzerland one of the best in the world. 1966 'Don't Drink The Water,' Woody Allen's first play opened on Broadway. 1967 'Incense And Peppermints' by Strawberry Alarm Clock is #1 on the charts. 1968 NBC outraged football fans when it broke away from the final minutes of an Oakland Raiders-New York Jets game to air the TV film "Heidi," on schedule 1973 President Richard M. Nixon told an Associated Press managing editors meeting, "I'm not a crook." 1988 Wal-Mart opened its first Super Center at Wheeler, Oklahoma. It carried fresh meat, produce, dairy products, and baked goods, in addition to other standard supermarket products and discount store merchandise. 1996 The World Food Summit concluded. Delegates promised full efforts to ease world hunger. 2003 Actor Arnold Schwarzenegger was sworn in as governor of California. 2006 The movie 'Fast Food Nation' opened in U.S. theatres. 2019 The first known case of the Coronavirus was traced to this date in Wuhan province, China. 2020 Coronavirus: New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell announced that parades will be prohibited for Mardi Gras celebrations in February 2021.
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** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** Nov 18, 2025-Jan 4, 2026 National Gingerbread House Competition & Display - Asheville, N. Carolina November 21-22, 2025 Annual Plant City Pig Jam
Plant City, Florida November 21-23, 2025 32nd Annual Mountain Mandarin Festival - Auburn, California November 22, 2025 Atlanta Chili Cook Off
Dunwoody, Georgia November 22-24, 2025 America's Hometown Thanksgiving - Plymouth, Massachusetts November 22-23, 2025 Maine Harvest Festival
Bangor, Maine (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?
· Oscar F. Mayer & Bros. was established.
· The 'Ladies’ Home Journal and Practical Housekeeper' began publication.
· Horlick's developed the process to dehydrate milk, and patented it in 1883, calling it Malted Milk.
· The Orient Express made its first run from Paris to Constantinopl 2) The ancient Romans called it by the Latin name, hirneola auricula-judae. The French call it l'oreille de Judas. This tree-loving jelly fungus is translucent and gelatinous when moist. Previously only sold dried, the fresh form is becoming more widely available.
Name this fungus. 3) Even though this is classified as a cheese, it is really a by-product of cheesemaking. It is made from whey drained off while making other cheeses. In Italy it was originally made from whey of ewe's milk used to make Pecorino cheese. Its name means literally 'recooked.' Name this cheese. 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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