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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

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JULY is:

• Air Conditioning Appreciation Days
  (July 3 to August 15)

• Grain of the Month: Wheat

• Lasagna Awareness Month

• National Baked Bean Month

• National Blueberry Month (Since 1974)

• National Culinary Arts Month

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• National Hot Dog Month

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• National Picnic Month

• National Pickle Month

• National Watermelon Month

• UK: National Fishing Month
  (July 26-August 31, 2025)

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DID YOU KNOW?

There are more than 500 different pasta shapes. Imagine you had never heard of pasta and were presented a menu with all those Italian names listed in English: worms, spindles, hats, butterflies, twins, tubes, thimbles, little boys, little ears, quill pens, strings, ribbons etc. :-)

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Monday, July 7, 2025

Daily Trivia Questions are below

TODAY’S FOOD QUOTE

“Food is an important part of a balanced diet.”
Fran Lebowitz
 

FOOD HOLIDAYS - TODAY IS:

• National Strawberry Sundae Day.

• Macaroni Day (Macaroni Recipes  ---  Pasta Trivia)

• Chocolate Day (see 1550 below)
  (Chocolate Trivia  --  Chocolate Quotes)

• [Spain: Fiesta de San Fermin] - Running of the Bulls, Pamplona, Spain (July 6-14, 2025)

• National Salad Week (July 7-13, 2025 - 4th week in July)  (Salad Recipes)

• UK: [Great British Pea Week] (July 7-13, 2025)
 

TODAY IN FOOD HISTORY

1307 King Edward I of England died. King Edward I of England (ruled: 1272-1307). His coronation feast included 278 bacon hogs, 450 pigs, 440 oxen, 430 sheep and 22,600 hens and capons. I believe he had invited some guests to his coronation.

1550 The first chocolate arrived in Europe.

1568 William Turner died. William Turner, an English naturalist and botanist, is known as the 'father of English Botany.' His best known work was 'A New Herball.'

1862 The first Land Grant Act was passed. Public lands were sold for agricultural education. This was the start of many state universities throughout the United States.

1890 Henri Nestle died (born Aug 10, 1814).  In 1867 he invented an infant formula, farine lactee, a substitute breast milk for infants unable to breast feed. He sold the company in 1875. The company kept the Nestle name, and later expanded its products to include chocolate and condensed milk.

1891 The Travelers Cheque was patented.

1912 The first Horn & Hardart Automat in New York City is opened. (The very first Automat Horn & Hardart opened was in Philadelphia on June 9, 1902).
(Automat Trivia and Facts)

1913 Robert Rich was born (died Feb 15, 2006).  Founder of Rich Products Corp. and creator of the first frozen non-dairy whipped topping from soybean oil.

1928 Sliced bread was born.  Otto Frederick Rohwedder spent many years working on a bread slicing machine  beginning in 1912.  He finally perfected it, and the first sliced bread was produced and sold at M.F. Bench's Chillicothe Baking Company, 100 Elm Street in Chillicothe, Missouri.  According to the story, Mr. Bench assisted Rohwedder in the fine tuning the new bread slicing machine.  The  Chillicothe, Missouri Constitution-Tribune of July 7, 1928 carried a story of the new machines first use on that day.  Chillcothe Baking Co. bread sales increased 2,000% over the next few months.
(Bread Trivia & Facts  ---  Bread Quotes)

1930 Sir Arthur Conan Doyle died. Creator of Sherlock Holmes. Holmes would go for days without food while working on a case.

1936 Henry F. Phillips patented the Phillips-head screw and screwdriver.

1958 The first IHOP (International House of Pancakes) opened at 4301 Riverside Drive in Toluca Lake, Los Angeles, California.

2004 Jeff Smith died (born Jan 22, 1939).  TV's 'Frugal Gourmet' and cookbook author.

2007 A Big Mac in the US cost an average of $3.41.
(McDonald’s Trivia  ---  McDonald’s Quotes)

2024 A Big Mac in the US cost an average of $9.72.
 

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A FEW FEATURED FOOD FESTIVALS
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July 9-13, 2025  Winona County Fair
St. Charles, Minnesota

July 9-19, 2025  South Carolina Peach Festival
Gaffney, South Carolina

July 10-12, 2025  38th Annual Slugburger Festival
Corinth, Mississippi

July 11-13, 2025  World’s Largest Wild Rice Festival
Deer River, Minnesota

July 11-13, 2025  Picklesburgh
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

July 11-27, 2025  California State Fair
Sacramento, California

July 12-13, 2025  Mango Festival
Coral Gables, Florida

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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 first Groundhog day is observed in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania.
· John Dickenson introduced paper napkins at his company's annual dinner.
· Log Cabin Syrup is introduced, a blend of maple syrup and cane sugar syrup.

2) This aromatic herb, is a member of the parsley or carrot family, and indigenous to the regions around the Black and Caspian Seas. It is an essential ingredient of fines herbes, widely used in French cuisine.   Some varieties also have edible roots which are like small turnips, and were enjoyed by the early Greeks and Romans, and in England during the 14th to 17th centuries.  Name this herb.

3) Who was Hippolyte Mege Mouries and what did he do for the French Navy?

4) In most Catholic countries, no one ate or drank any food or beverage from October 5 to October 14, 1582. Why?

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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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DID YOU KNOW?

Chocolate supposedly made its film debut when Jean Harlow ate candy in the 1933 comedy 'Dinner at Eight'.

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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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DID YOU KNOW?

Kimchi is a Korean spicy hot fermented pickle seasoned with garlic, chiles, onion, ginger and other spices.  Different vegetables are used, such as cabbage, Chinese turnips and cucumbers. It is stored in sealed jars and either buried or stored in underground cellars for up to a month.

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IN SEASON FOR SUMMER

VEGETABLES
(Recipes  --  Tips)
Asparagus
Avocados
Broccoli
Cabbage
Carrots
Celery
Collard Greens
Garlic
Herbs
Kale
Lettuce
Mushrooms
Onions
Peas
Plantains
Radishes
Rhubarb
Spinach
Swiss Chard
Turnips

FRUITS (Tips)
Apples
Apricots
Bananas
Kiwifruit
Lemons
Limes
Pineapples
Strawberries

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DID YOU KNOW?

Spareribs - A cut of pork from the belly of the hog. This variety has the least amount of meat per bone, yet a favorite because of their delicious taste. Plan one pound per serving.

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