Monday, December 8, 2025Daily Trivia Questions are below TODAY’S FOOD QUOTE“When they talk about healthy food, they usually mean things that don't taste very good.”
Julia Child (1912-2004)
FOOD HOLIDAYS - TODAY IS:• National Brownie Day (Brownie Trivia)
(Brownie Recipes) • National Lard Day [Healthy Fats Coalition]
(Lard Trivia) • [National Handwashing Awareness Week]
(Dec 7-13, 2025)
TODAY IN FOOD HISTORY1765 Eli Whitney was born. Inventor of the cotton gin, but more important he developed the concept of mass producing interchangeable parts. 1841 James Harvey Logan was born (died July 16, 1928). American lawyer and horticulturist. He developed the Loganberry, a cross between a red raspberry and a wild blackberry. 1845 Willard Legrand Bundy was born (died Jan 19, 1907). Received the first U.S. patent for a time recording clock (patent no. 393,205). 1894 Elzie Crisler Segar was born (died Oct 13, 1938). Creator of the spinach loving Popeye the Sailor Man.
(Spinach Trivia & Statistics --- Spinach Recipes)
(Spinach Quotes) 1896 John T. White was issued U.S. patent No. 572,849 for an improved lemon squeezer. 1899 Joseph Christoffel Hoagland died (born June 19, 1841). Co-founder of Royal Baking Powder Company in 1866 with his brother Cornelius Hoagland.
(Baking Powder Facts & Tips) 1925 The Marx Brothers 'The Cocoanuts' opened on Broadway. 1941 'Moonlight Cocktail' was recorded by the Glenn Miller Orchestra. 1963 'The Girl Who Came to Supper' opened on Broadway. 1976 'Hotel California' was released by The Eagles. One of the best selling albums of all time. (A vinyl album is what we had before CDs). 1982 'Maneater' by Daryl Hall & John Oates is #1 on the charts. 2006 A smoking ban in all bars and restaurants in Nevada goes into effect. 2021 At the annual Abdulaziz Camel Festival in Saudi Arabia, where breeders compete for nearly $66 million in prize money, more than 40 camels were disqualified from a camel beauty pageant after getting Botox injections, facelifts and other cosmetic enhancements.
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** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** Nov 18, 2025-Jan 4, 2026 National Gingerbread House Competition & Display - Asheville, N. Carolina December 1-31, 2025 55th Annual Christmas in Newport - Newport, Rhode Island December 10, 2025 - Kosher Food and Wine Experience - Miami, Florida December 10-22, 2025 The Bracebridge Dinner
Yosemite National Park, California December 12-14, 2025 Annual Woodstock Winter Wassail Weekend - Woodstock, Vermont December 13, 2025 Hudson Valley Pizza Festival
Poughkeepsie, New York December 13-14, 2025 28th Annual Inn to Inn Holiday Cookie & Candy Tour
Mt. Washington Valley, New Hampshire (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?
· The first commercial chewing gum is introduced, State of Maine Spruce Gum
· For the first time, a huge upstream ice jam stopped almost all water flow over Niagara Falls.
· The first pure food laws were enacted in the U.S.
· Pasta is produced commercially in the U.S. for the first time at a pasta plant in Brooklyn, New York - by a Frenchman! 2) The Mango is the most popular fruit world wide, but do you know what fruit is grown on more acreage than any other? 3) What is the most popular berry in the U.S.? 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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