Friday, September 11, 2026Daily Trivia Questions are below TODAY’S FOOD QUOTE“It is not, in fact, cookery books that we need half so much as cooks really trained to a knowledge of their duties.”
Eliza Acton, Modern Cookery for Private Families (1845)
FOOD HOLIDAYS - TODAY IS:• National Hot Cross Bun Day (Hot Cross Bun Trivia) • National Waffle Week (Sept 7-13, 2026)
(Waffle Recipes) • UK: [Zero Waste Week] (Sept 7-11, 2026)
TODAY IN FOOD HISTORY1609 Henry Hudson, sailing on behalf of the Dutch East India Compay, entered New York Bay, found Manhattan Island, and sailed up the Hudson River. 1721 Rudolph Jacob Camerarius died. A German botanist, he showed the existence of sexes in plants, and identified the stamen and pistil as the male and female organs. 1777 The Battle of Brandywine in the American Revolutionary War. The British win, enabling them to capture Philadelphia. 1789 Alexander Hamilton was appointed as the first U.S. Secretary of the Treasury. 1847 Stephen Foster's song 'Oh! Susanna' was performed for the first time at the Eagle Ice Cream Saloon in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. 1851 Sylvester Graham died in Northampton, Massachusetts. He advocated vegetarianism, temperance and the use of coarse ground whole wheat (graham) flour. He developed the Graham cracker in 1829. (Sylvester Graham Biography) 1922 'A Fantastic Fricassee' opened at the Greenwich Village Theatre in New York. 1961 The World Wildlife Fund, a conservation organization, was founded. 1999 Eighty-three year old bee-keeper Virgil Foster died after being stung more than 50 times by Africanized 'killer bees' on August 31, 1999. He was the first 'killer bee' fatality in California. The bees original source was Brazil, where African bees were imported for experimental cross breeding.
(Bee Trivia & Facts) 2000 Ronn Teitelbaum died (born Oct 16, 1938). Founder of Johnny Rockets 1950s diner-style restaurant franchise. (see also June 6, 1986) 2001 World Trade Center and Pentagon Terrorist Attack. Among those who perished, due to these heinous attacks, were many food workers who worked in the restaurants of the 2 Towers. 2006 Afghan President Hamid Karzai opened the $25 million Coca-Cola bottling plant in the capital city of Kabul. The first major business to open in Afghanistan in more than a decade.
(Coca-Cola Trivia & Facts) 2013 According to a United Nations report released today [Food Wastage Footprint: Impacts on Natural Resources], 1/3 of all the food produced worldwide was going to waste or lost because of inappropriate practices, while 870 million people go hungry every day. 2014 M. Shanken Communications announced that ‘Food Arts’ magazine was ending publication. "It is with great sadness that, after 25 years, we announce the closing of Food Arts magazine." 2019 StarKist Co. fined $100 million for its role in a canned tuna price fixing conspiracy involving Bumble Bee, StarKist and Chicken of the Sea brands.
(see also June 17, 2020 and August 4, 2017). 2023 Hostess, the maker of Twinkies, Ho-Hos, Ding Dongs, Zingers and other sugary treats has been acquired by J.M. Smucker for $5.6 billion.
** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** September 9-12, 2026 75th Annual Murphysboro Apple Festival - Murphysboro, Illinois September 10-11, 2026 Tipton County Pork Festival
Tipton, Indiana September 10-12, 2026 Marion Popcorn Festival
Marion, Ohio September 10-13, 2026 - Atlanta Food & Wine Festival - Atlanta, Georgia September 10-20, 2026 New Mexico State Fair
Albuquerque, New Mexico September 11-13, 2026 48th Annual Norwalk Oyster Festival - Norwalk, Connecticut September 11-13, 2026 80th Annual Kellogg Watermelon Festival - Kellogg, Minnesota (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?
· Prohibition began in the U.S.
· The 50-50 Club opened, supposedly the first 'speakeasy.'
· The Oh Henry! candy bar is introduced.
· The last salmon cannery in San Francisco closes due to overfishing.
· Arthur Perdue founded Perdue Farms in Maryland. 2) About how many feathers does the average mature turkey have? 3) The dried flowers of the French marigold (Tagetes patula) are sometimes used to adulterate what spice? 4) What is Biltong? 5) What area are Watermelons native to?
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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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