Sunday, January 11, 2026Daily Trivia Questions are below TODAY’S FOOD QUOTE“The preparation of good food is merely another expression of art, one of the joys of civilized living.”
Dione Lucas
FOOD HOLIDAYS - TODAY IS:• Milk Day (see 1878 below) (World Milk Day is June 1) (Milk Trivia & Facts --- Milk Quotes) • Hot Toddy Day (Usually whisky, hot water and honey). • Japan: Kagami-Biraki (Rice Cakes Festival). The round rice cakes (kagami mochi) that were offered to the deities that visit on New Year's are broken into pieces (kagami biraki) and eaten. (Rice Cake Recipes) • National Pizza Week (Jan 11-17, 2026 - begins 2nd Sun) (Pizza Trivia and History --- Pizza Recipes)
(Pizza Quotes)
TODAY IN FOOD HISTORY1770 Benjamin Franklin sent "some of the true rhubarb seed" from London to his friend John Bartram in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
(Rhubarb Trivia & Facts --- Rhubarb Quotes) 1807 Ezra Cornell was born. Cornell was one of the founders of the Western Union Telegraph Co. He endowed Cornell University, an agricultural land grant university which opened in 1868. Today, Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, offers many programs, including Agricultural and Life Sciences, Hotel Administration, and Nutritional Sciences. 1836 John Molson died (born Dec 28, 1763). Founder of Molson Brewing Company, Montreal, Canada in 1786. The oldest brewery in North America. 1874 Gail Borden died. Borden was the Inventor of the process for making condensed milk, and founder of New York Condensed Milk Co., later to become the Borden Co. Remember Elsie the Cow?
(Borden Trivia & Facts) 1878 In Brooklyn, New York, milk was supposedly delivered to homes in glass bottles for the first time, rather than being ladled from metal cans. 1911 A record low temperature of -61.1°C (-77.98°F) was supposedly recorded at Fort Vermilion, Alberta, Canada. 1917 The French government regulated the price of Gruyere cheese as a war rationing method.
(Gruyere Cheese Trivia) 1949 The first recorded snowfall in Los Angeles, California. 1963 The 'Whisky A Go-Go' opens in Los Angeles - the first disco in the U.S. 1964 U.S. Surgeon General Luther Terry issued the first government report saying that cigarettes cause lung cancer. 1967 Canada's tallest hotel, the 38-story Chateau Champlain opened in Montreal, Quebec. 2005 A third case of mad cow disease is discovered in Canada, probably infected from use of banned contaminated feed. 2010 Dutch brewer Heineken acquired all of Femsa's Mexican beer operations which includes Dos Equis, Sol and Tecate brand beers. 2020 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania set a new record high temperature for the day, a sizzling 70 degrees.
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Gingerbread House Competition & Display
Lahaska, Pennsylvania January 1-31, 2026 - Napa Valley Restaurant Month
Napa Valley, California January 8-18, 2026 Restaurant Week South Carolina
Statewide, South Carolina January 9-10, 2026 - Annual Virginia Fly Fishing and Wine Festival - Doswell, Virginia January 9-11, 2026 52nd Santa Cruz Fungus Fair
Santa Cruz, California January 10-11, 2026 - Seattle Travel & Adventure Show - Seattle, Washington (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?
· Wheaties breakfast cereal was created.
· Betty Crocker is created by advertising manager Sam Gale of Washburn Crosby Co. (later, General Mills).
· White Castle hamburger chain was founded in Wichita, Kansas.
· 'Wise Potato Chips' were introduced. 2) What breakfast food has a connection to the Christian Science religious system founded by Mary Baker Eddy? 3) One of the first shipments of this fruit reached the American colonies in 1690 at Salem, Massachusetts. They tried boiling them with pork. It took nearly 200 years after that culinary disaster for this fruit to catch on with North Americans. Name this fruit. Click Here for Today’s Quiz Answers
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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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