Wednesday, April 22, 2026Daily Trivia Questions are below TODAY’S FOOD QUOTE“Cooking should be a carefully balanced reflection of all the good things of the earth.”
Jean & Pierre Troisgros
FOOD HOLIDAYS - TODAY IS:• Earth Day [www.earthday.org]: The first Earth Day in 1970, activated 20 million Americans from all walks of life and is widely credited with launching the modern environmental movement. Growing out of the first Earth Day, Earth Day Network (EDN) works with over 22,000 partners in 192 countries to broaden, diversify. • National Jelly Bean Day (Jelly Bean Trivia) • [Bermuda Peppercorn Ceremony] (April 22, 2026 - usually held on the Wednesday closest to St. George’s Day, April 23). A major annual ceremonial event in St. George, when the Governor officially receives one Peppercorn from a Freemason official. In 1816 Bermuda's capital moved from St. George to Hamilton City. The old stone State House, built in 1619, was given to the Freemasons for an annual rent of One Peppercorn. • National Library Week (April 19-25, 2026)
[American Library Association]
TODAY IN FOOD HISTORY1662 John Tradescant died. He succeeded his father as naturalist and gardener to Charles I. 1818 Cadwallader C. Washburn is born in Livermore, Maine (died May 15, 1882). In 1866 he built a flour mill at St. Anthony Falls, Minnesota and his Washburn-Crosby Co. (forerunner of General Mills) would market Gold Medal flour. (Flour Trivia) 1832 Julius Sterling Morton was born. He was the founder of Arbor Day, first observed in Nebraska on April 10, 1872. Over one million trees were planted.
(Nebraska Food Trivia and Facts) 1878 The White House hosted the first Easter Monday Egg Roll. Previously, the activities had been held on the Capitol grounds. Congress passed a law banning the practice due to a limited maintenance and landscaping budget (Bah humbug!). President Rutherford B. Hayes was asked if children could hold the activities on the South Lawn of the White House and he enthusiastically agreed. The event has been held there ever since. 1889 The U.S. opened Oklahoma to homesteaders and the Oklahoma land rush officially began at 12 noon. (Oklahoma Food Trivia and Facts) 1913 Thomas Wright of New Jersey patented a method to load ice on to refrigerator railroad cars. 1948 Prosper Montagne died. Montagne was one of the great French chefs of all time. He is mainly remembered as the creator of Larousse Gastronomique (1938), a comprehensive encyclopedia of French gastronomy. 1960 Gary Rhodes was born (died Nov 26, 2019). British restaurateur and celebrity chef, known as an ambassador for British cuisine . He presented TV shows 'MasterChef', 'MasterChef USA', 'Hell's Kitchen' and his own series, 'Rhodes Around Britain'. He also owned four restaurants and had his own line of cookware and bread mixes. 1964 The New York World's Fair opens in Flushing Meadows on the same site as the 1939 World's Fair. I had my first Heineken beer at their exhibition there. As a matter of fact, I spent every weekend there from April to October for the 2 years the Fair was open. I sampled music, food, beer and wine from around the world, and it helped to inspire my interest in cooking & food history. Chef James. 1970 The first Earth Day was celebrated. Is our environment better or worse today? 1992 A series of sewer explosions in Guadalajara, Mexico killed more than 250 people, injured hundreds of others and left 15,000 people homeless. Flawed design of the sewer pipe system allowed gasoline from an adjacent pipeline to leak into the sewer pipes. 1996 Erma Bombeck died. Writer, humorist, you will find some of her quotes about family and food on the Food Reference website. 2020 Coronavirus: Germany cancels Oktoberfest which normally attracts 6 million visitors.
** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** 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?
· Bel Paese cheese was created by Egidio Galbani.
· Alfred C. Fuller founded the Fuller Brush Company.
· The Hot Fudge Sundae was created at C.C. Browns, an ice cream parlor on Hollywood Boulevard in Los Angeles.
· Battle Creek Toasted Corn Flake Company was incorporated (W.K. Kellogg Company). 2) Can you name 3 close relatives of the turkey? 3) This fruit plant originated primarily in Malaysia and the neighboring archipelago about 4000 years ago. Portuguese explorers discovered it on Africa's Atlantic coast in the fifteenth century. Prince Henry the Navigator ordered specimens transplanted on the Portuguese island of Madeira where they flourish to this day. According to Spanish history, in 1516 Friar Tomas de Berlanga brought the first specimens and planted them in the rich fertile soil of the Caribbean. Still rare in the Renaissance it was introduced to France by the Portuguese, and became common from the 18th century onwards. Name this fruit plant. 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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