Sunday, June 21, 2026Daily Trivia Questions are below TODAY’S FOOD QUOTE“Dandelion wine. The words were summer on the tongue. The wine was summer caught and stoppered.” Ray Bradbury, 'Dandelion Wine'
FOOD HOLIDAYS - TODAY IS:• First day of Summer (June 21, 2026). Summer Solstice in the Northern Hemisphere, the longest day of the year. It is the shortest day in the Southern Hemisphere. • Father's Day. Cook your father his favorite meal today. (3rd Sunday - June 21, 2026)
(Father’s Day Brunch Recipes) • National Turkey Lovers' Day (June 21, 2026 - 3rd Sun) [National Turkey Fed] (Turkey Trivia & Facts)
(Turkey Recipes --- Turkey Quotes) • National Peaches & Cream Day (Peach Trivia) • National Smoothie Day (Smoothie Recipes) • [National Wagyu Day] (Kobe Beef Article) • [Men’s Health Week] (June 14-21, 2026) (week leading up to and including Father’s Day) • UK: [National Picnic Week] (June 15-21, 2026)
(Picnic Trivia & Facts) • UK: English Wine Week (June 20-28, 2026)
[Wines of Great Britain]
TODAY IN FOOD HISTORY1788 New Hampshire became the ninth state.
(New Hampshire Food Trivia) 1834 Cyrus McCormick received a patent for the first practical mechanical reaper. 1853 Dr. Russell L. Hawes, of Worcester, Massachusetts received U.S. patent No. 9,812 a machine for making and folding envelopes. 1893 The first Ferris Wheel opened at the Columbian Exposition in Chicago, Illinois. Invented by George Washington Ferris, it had 36 cars and each car carried 60 passengers 264 feet high. (see also: May 1, 1893) 1910 John Walker & Sons registered 'Johnnie Walker' trademark in U.S. for a blend of Scotch whiskies.
(Single Malt Whiskies of Scotland) 1933 A barge loaded with grain arrived in New Orleans to complete the first Great Lakes to the Gulf of Mexico barge trip. 1958 'Splish Splash' by Bobby Darin was released by Atco Records. 'The Purple People Eater' by Sheb Wooley was number one on the music charts. 1961 President John F. Kennedy pressed a switch installed in the White House to dedicate the first practical sea-water desalination plant in Freeport, Texas. (see also May 8, 1961) 1968 In the UK, a government appointed commission recommended that the British Egg Marketing Board should be scrapped and a free market established.
(British Food Trivia) 1981 Charles F. Mara paid $24,000 for a 12 bottle case of 1979 Opus One Cabernet Sauvignon at a Napa Valley wine auction. The record price for a case of American wine. (North American Wine Articles) 1985 Ettore ‘Hector’ Boiardi died (born Oct 22, 1897). Better known as Chef Boyardee. 1994 Rosenella Cruciani 'Rose' Totino died (born Jan 16, 1915). The queen of frozen pizza. Co-founder with her husband Jim Totino, of Totino's Pizzeria and Totino's Finer Foods. (Pizza Trivia -- Pizza History) 2007 Bob Evans died (born May 30, 1918). Sausage maker and restaurateur, founder of Bob Evans Restaurants (Bob Evans Farms, Inc). 2021 A man in Tulare County, California was arrested for stealing 42,000 pounds of pistachios.
** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** June 19-July 12, 2026 Alameda County Fair
Alameda County Fairgrounds, California June 24-27, 2026 52nd Annual Bixby Green Corn Festival - Bixby, Oklahoma June 25-28, 2026 Placer County Fair
Roseville, California June 25-28, 2026 Luling Watermelon Thump
Luling, Texas June 26, 2026 Louisiana Seafood Cook-Off
Monroe, Louisiana June 26-27, 2026 The Great Lenexa Barbeque Battle
Lenexa, Kansas June 26-27, 2026 Annual Cheese Curd Festival
Ellsworth, Wisconsin (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?
· Henry Jones, a baker in Bristol, England received a patent for 'self-raising flour' - flour pre-mixed with baking powder and salt.
· John Chapman, known as Johnny Appleseed, died.
· Eliza Acton's 'Modern Cookery for Private Families' is published in London.
· Poland Spring Water is bottled for the first time by Hiram Ricker at Poland Spring, Maine.
· Henry David Thoreau begins his 2 year experiment with simple living at Waldon Pond. 2) You've seen them in stores - Sea Legs, imitation scallops, crab and shrimp. What is the general name for these products, what are they made from, who developed the process for making them and when? 3) What do basil, marjoram, oregano, sage and rosemary have in common? 4) What dessert ingredient was inspired by a perfume for gloves?
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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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