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Chef James

“The duty of a good Cuisinier is to transmit to the next generation everything he has learned and experienced.”
 
Fernand Point, 1941

FEATURED FOR NOVEMBER

• Updated: Over 9,000 Food Festivals

• Football & Tailgating Food & Articles

• Thanksgiving and Christmas Articles

• Thanksgiving and Christmas Recipes

• Thanksgiving Trivia & Facts

• Christmas Trivia  |  Christmas Quotes

• Christmas Tree Facts and Trivia

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FEATURED RECIPES & TIPS

· Turducken Recipe

· Brined Roasted Turkey

· Sweet Potato Cooking Instructions

· Bourbon Mashed Sweet Potatoes

· Orange Glazed Sweet Potatoes

· More Sweet Potato Recipes

· Classic Green Bean Casserole

· Fresh Cranberry Relish

· Cornbread & Sausage Stuffing

· White Castle Turkey Stuffing

· Corn Bread Sausage & Apple Stuffing

· More Stuffing Recipes

· Classic Pecan Pie Recipe

· Pecan Bourbon Pie

· More Pecan Pie Recipes

· Holiday Desserts and Cookies

· Original Frank's Redhot Wings

· Ultimate Party Wings
 

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FREE Magazines and
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An extensive selection of free food, beverage & agricultural magazines, e-books, etc.

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November Food Holidays:

For Details, History and more DAY, WEEK and MONTH Food Holiday designations, including LINKS to Holiday Origins and Additional Information:
SEE Detailed NOVEMBER Food Calendar

NOVEMBER is:

• American Diabetes Month

• Eat Smart Month

• Grains of the Month: Millet and Teff

• International Thank a Farmer Month
  (Farm Trivia  --   Farmers Quotes)

• National Bison Month:
   America's National Mammal
  (Bison Facts and Trivia)

• National Georgia Pecan Month
  (Pecan Trivia)

• National Peanut Butter Lovers' Month
  (Peanut Butter Trivia)
  (Peanut Butter Quotes)

• National Pepper Month (vegetable)
  (Peppers Trivia)

• National Pomegranate Month
  (Pomegranate Trivia)

• National Roasting Month
  (Roasting Articles)

• National Raisin Bread Month
  (Bread Recipes  |  Bread Tips)

• Sweet Potato Awareness Month
  (Sweet Potato Recipes  |  Tips)
  (Sweet Potato Trivia  |  Articles)
  (Sweet Potato Nutrition)

• World Vegan Month
  (Vegan & Vegetarian Recipes)

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DID YOU KNOW?

Graham crackers were named for the 19th century champion of wholemeal wheat (graham) flour and vegetarianism in general, Sylvester Graham.  Graham crackers are whole wheat crackers sweetened with honey or molasses and were invented by Graham in 1829.

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Wednesday, November 20, 2024

Daily Trivia Questions are below

TODAY’S FOOD QUOTE

“A diet is when you watch what you eat and wish you could eat what you watch.”
Hermione Gingold, actress
 

FOOD HOLIDAYS - TODAY IS:

• National Peanut Butter Fudge Day
  (Fudge Recipes  --  Peanut Butter Trivia)

• National Zinfandel Day (Nov 20, 2024 - 3rd Wed)

• National Hunger & Homeless Awareness Week  (Nov 17-23, 2024 - 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 HISTORY

1758 Alexandre Balthazar Laurent Grimod de La Reyniθre was born (died Dec 25, 1837).  French writer and gastronome.  Notorious for his extravagant behavior, sharp wit and dark humor, he was one of the first food and restaurant critics.

1820 A whaling ship, the Essex, was rammed twice by a sperm whale and eventually sank.

1886 Karl von Frisch was born (died June 12, 1982).  He shared the 1973 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Konrad Lorenz and Nikolaas Tinbergen.  Working with honey bees he showed that they can recognize different odors and tastes and using their 'waggle dance' could communicate the location of food to other bees in the hive.
(Honey Bee Trivia & Facts  ---  Honey Quotes)

1888 The first U.S. patent for a time clock was issued to Willard Bundy of Auburn, New York (Patent # 393,205).

1903 In Canada, the city of Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan was incorporated.

1913 The National Biscuit Co. (Nabisco) introduced 'Mallomars', chocolate covered marshmallow cookies.
(Nabisco Trivia & Facts)

1926 Ann Turner Cook was born.  A mystery novelist, she was the model for the baby drawing which has appeared on Gerber Baby Food products since 1928.  The charcoal sketch was by a family friend, commercial artist, Dorothy Hope Smith.

1962 Hardee's restaurant chain registered the 'Hardee's' trademark.

1967 The U.S. population passed 200 million, according to the Census Clock at the Department of Commerce.

1969 The pesticide DDT was banned for residential use as part of a total phase out of its use in the U.S.

1984 McDonald's sold its 50 billionth hamburger today.  (McDonald’s Trivia & Facts)

2004 Ancel Keys died (born Jan 26, 1904).  An American nutritionist, he developed the lightweight, nutritious K ration used during WW II.  He also identified saturated fats role in causing heart disease

2009 Kellogg's reports there will be a nationwide shortage of Eggo Frozen Waffles until the summer of 2010. Production has been interrupted at 2 of Eggo's four production plants due to repairs.

2020 Coronavirus: The CDC recommends Americans not travel for Thanksgiving; Flu season. winter weather and holiday travel are expected to amplify the outbreak in the U.S.
 

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A FEW FEATURED FOOD FESTIVALS
(See All 9,000 Food, Wine & Beer Festivals)

November 21, 2024  Annual Beaujolais and Beyond
Denver, Colorado

November 21-23, 2024 - 17th Annual International Wine, Beer & Food Festival - Grand Rapids, Michigan

November 22-23, 2024  Annual Plant City Pig Jam
Plant City, Florida

November 22-24, 2024  31st Annual Mountain Mandarin Festival - Auburn, California

November 22-24, 2024  America's Hometown Thanksgiving - Plymouth, Massachusetts

November 23-24, 2024  Maine Harvest Festival
Bangor, Maine

(SEE ALL FOOD FESTIVALS and OTHER FOOD EVENTS)
 

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FOOD TRIVIA QUIZ    (new DAILY questions)

1) All of the following events took place in the same year. What year is it?
· The U.S. Department of Labor upgraded the definition of 'Chef' from 'domestic' to 'professional.'
· Red Dye No. 2, was banned by the FDA because it might cause cancer. There are no Red M&Ms for 11 years.
· Pierrier water was introduced in the U.S.
· 'Hotel California' was released by The Eagles.

2) Name this vegetable:
In ancient Egypt, paintings of this vegetable appear on the inner walls of the pyramids and in the tombs of both the Old Kingdom and the New Kingdom. It is mentioned as a funeral offering and they are depicted on the banquet tables of the great feasts. They were shown upon the altars of the gods.  Frequently, a priest is pictured holding them in his hand or covering an altar with a bundle of their leaves or roots. In mummies, these vegetables have frequently been found in the pelvic regions of the body, in the thorax, flattened against the ears and in front of the collapsed eyes. They have been found on the chest, and some have been found attached to the soles of the feet and along the legs. King Ramses IV, who died in 1160 B.C., was entombed with this vegetable in his eye sockets.
   In India as early as the sixth century B.C., the famous medical treatise Charaka - Sanhita celebrates them as medicine - a diuretic, good for digestion, the heart, the eyes and the joints.
   Likewise, Dioscorides, a Greek physician in first century A.D., noted several medicinal uses of this vegetable. The Greeks used them to fortify athletes for the Olympic Games.
   The Romans ate them regularly and carried them on journeys to their provinces in England and Germany. Before he was overcome and killed by the volcano's heat and fumes, Pliny the Elder catalogued the Roman beliefs about the efficacy of them to cure vision, induce sleep, heal mouth sores, dog bites, toothaches, dysentery and lumbago.

3) These dried flower buds are picked and dried before they open. The tree is a member of the myrtle family and is native to the Spice Islands of Indonesia (Moluccas).

Click Here for 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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· Turkey Tips
· Turkey Trivia
· Turkey Quotes
· Goose Trivia
· Sweet Potato Tips
· Cranberry Trivia
· Cranberry Tips

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A FOOD LIFE

"There are those who say that a life devoted to food -- cooking it, eating it, writing about it, even dreaming about it -- is a frivolous life, an indulgent life.  I would disagree.  If we do not care what we eat, we do not care for ourselves, and if we do not care for ourselves, how can we care for others?"
Fictional cookery writer Hilary Small, in episode 6, series 2 of 'Pie In the Sky'

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Classic Fish and Seafood Recipes
 

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DID YOU KNOW?

Dr. George Washington Carver researched and developed more than 300 uses for peanuts in the early 1900s; Dr. Carver is considered "The Father of the Peanut Industry" because of his extensive research and selfless dedication to promoting peanut production and products. 

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IN SEASON FOR AUTUMN

VEGETABLES
(Recipes  --  Tips)
Beets
Bell Peppers
Broccoli
Brussels Sprouts
Cabbage
Carrots
Cauliflower
Celery
Collard Greens
Cranberries
Green Beans
Kale
Lettuce
Mushrooms
Onions
Parsnips
Peas
Potatoes
Pumpkin
Radishes
Rutabagas
Spinach
Sweet Potatoes & Yams
Swiss Chard
Turnips
Winter Squash

FRUITS (Tips)
Apples
Bananas
Grapes
Kiwifruit
Lemons & Limes
Mangos
Pears
Pineapples
Pomegranates
Raspberries

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DID YOU KNOW?

Baklava, a rich Turkish, Greek and Middle Eastern pastry of phyllo (filo) dough and nuts layered with honey or syrup, was brought by Turkish invaders in the 16th century to Hungary, where it became strudel.

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