Saturday, March 21, 2026Daily Trivia Questions are below TODAY’S FOOD QUOTE“Everything I eat has been proved by some doctor or other to be a deadly poison, and everything I don't eat has been proved to be indispensable to life.....But I go marching on.”
George Bernard Shaw, Irish playwright (1856-1950)
FOOD HOLIDAYS - TODAY IS: French Bread Day (French Bread Recipe)
(Bread Quotes) California Strawberry Day (Strawberry Facts) National Vermouth Day (Vermouth Article)
National Corn Dog Day (March 21, 2026) 1st Sat of the collegiate basketball tournament. National Tartar Sauce Day (March 21, 2026 - 1st Fri of Lent) [Frisch's Big Boy Restaurants] UN: [International Day of Forests] Ag Appreciation Week: March 17-24, 2026 [Community Agriculture Alliance] A time to recognize and celebrate the importance of agriculture.
(Farms & Farmers Trivia) [National Agriculture Week] (March 15-21, 2026) A time to celebrate the abundance provided by agriculture. American Chocolate Week (March 15-21, 2026 - 3rd week) (Chocolate Trivia --- Chocolate Quotes) [National Poison Prevention Week] (March 15-21, 2026 - 3rd wk March) Established by Congress on September 16, 1961 [PL 87-319]
TODAY IN FOOD HISTORY1904 Jehane Benoξt was born (died Nov 24, 1987). Canadian food consultant, author, TV and radio commentator. Operated her own cooking school in Montreal, Fumet de la Vieille France. Opened one of the first vegetarian restaurants in Canada, The Salad Bar, in 1935. Author of 30 books. Known as Madame Benoξt. (Vegetarian Trivia --- Vegetarian Quotes) 1904 The St. Francis Hotel opened in San Francisco, California. (See: History of the St. Francis Hotel) 1910 Julio Gallo was born (died May 2, 1993). Co-founded E & J Gallo Winery with his brother Ernest in 1933. It is the largest winery in the U.S. with about 25% of the U.S. wine market.
(North American Wine Articles) 1925 Teaching the theory of evolution became illegal in Tennessee. 1957 'The Hostess with the Mostest' premiered on Playhouse 90 TV show (season 1 episode 25). 1984 A section of Central Park is renamed 'Strawberry Fields' to honor John Lennon. 1994 Due to bad harvests, there is a shortage of Japanese grown rice. Japan's Imperial Palace begins serving royal meals to the Emperor & Empress with rice grown in the U.S., China and Thailand.
(Rice Trivia --- A History of Rice) 1999 Bertrand Piccard and Brian Jones landed in the Egyptian desert, having completed the 1st 'Around the World' hot air balloon flight. According to the BBC, they carried fresh food, including bread, cheese and pre-cooked steaks to last for 6 or 7 days, after which they made due with dried foods such as cereals and powdered milk. The flight began in the Swiss Alps, took 19 days, 21 hours and 55 minutes, and covered 29,056 non-stop miles. 2020 Coronavirus: UK closes all bars and pubs; U.S.-Mexico border closed to non-essential traffic; NY city makes local city buses free.
** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** March 1-31, 2026 - Taste Atlantic City
Atlantic City, New Jersey March 13-April 12, 2026 Knott's Boysenberry Festival
Buena Park, California March 19-21, 2026 Iowa Rabbit Festival
Iowa, Louisiana March 19-29, 2026 50th Annual Collier Fair
Naples, Florida March 20-22, 2026 20th Annual California Artisan Cheese Festival - Santa Rosa, California March 20-22, 2026 Razor Clam & Seafood Festival
Ocean Shores, Washington March 21-22, 2026 Chattanooga Food Truck & Craft Beer Festival - Chattanooga, 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?
· Jasper Newton 'Jack' Daniel was born. Founder of Jack Daniel's Tennessee whiskey distillery.
· Joel Houghton of Ogden, New York was issued the first U.S. patent for a dishwashing machine.
· According to the 'Census of Manufacturers' there are 2,027 bakeries in the United States.
· There are about 1,449,000 farms in the U.S., averaging 203 acres.
· There were an estimated 20 million head of buffalo sharing the western plains with 50 million open range longhorn cattle. 2) When and where was milk first sold in bottles? When and where was beer first sold in bottles? 3) What restaurant chain was originally named "Danny's Donuts"? Click Here for Today’s Quiz Answers
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** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** 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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