Monday, January 19, 2026Daily Trivia Questions are below TODAY’S FOOD QUOTE“In department stores, so much kitchen equipment is bought indiscriminately by people who just come in for men's underwear.”
Julia Child (1912-2004)
FOOD HOLIDAYS - TODAY IS:• National Popcorn Day (Popcorn Trivia & Facts) • Tin Can Day (See 1825 below) • Martin Luther King Jr. Day (Jan 19, 2026 - 3rd Mon) • Fresh Squeezed Juice Week (begins 3rd Sun - Jan 18-24, 2026) • Healthy Weight Week (Jan 18-24, 2026· - 3rd week)
(Healthy Diets & Dieting Articles --- Diet Quotes)
TODAY IN FOOD HISTORY1825 Ezra Daggett and Thomas Kensett of New York City were granted the first U.S. patent for food storage in tin cans. They had been canning seafood since developing the process in 1819.
(A History of Canned Foods) 1883 Roselle, New Jersey becomes the first town in the world to be lit up with Edison's incandescent light bulbs. The overhead wires powered 150 street lights, the railway station and about 40 houses. 1905 Oveta Culp Hobby was born (died Aug, 16, 1995). The first Secretary of the Department of Health, Education and Welfare (1953-1955). 1907 Willard Legrand Bundy died (born Dec 8, 1845). Received the first U.S. patent for a time recording clock (patent no. 393,205). 1915 George Claude of Paris was issued U.S. patent No. 1,125,476 for a neon tube advertising sign ("System of Illuminating by Luminescent Tubes"). 1944 The U.S. government relinquished control of the nation's railroads after settling a wage dispute.
(Railroads & Railroad Food) 1947 Paula Deen was born. American celebrity chef and TV cooking show host, Author of 14 cookbooks, Deen also owns The Lady & Sons restaurant in Savannah, Georgia. (Paula Deen Biography) 1948 Musician Harvey Hinsley of 'Hot Chocolate' was born today. 1973 A U.K. ocean-going super tug is sent to protect British trawlers from Icelandic patrol boats as a dispute over cod fishing rights intensifies.
(Codfish Trivia and Facts) 1977 Snow is reported in West Palm Beach, Florida for the first time. 1996 A barge ran aground near Block Island National Wildlife Refuge in Rhode Island, spilling 1.8 million gallons of oil and creating a 12 mile oil slick.
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** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** January 1-31, 2026 - Napa Valley Restaurant Month
Napa Valley, California January 16-19, 2026 Annual Napa Truffle Festival
Napa, California January 20-Feb 12, 2026 NYC Restaurant Week
New York, New York January 22-February 1, 2026 140th Saint Paul Winter Carnival - St. Paul, Minnesota January 23-February 1, 2026 Baltimore Restaurant Week - Baltimore, Maryland January 24-25, 2026 - The Chocolate Expo
Wilmington, Massachusetts (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?
· Yoplait Yogurt is introduced into the U.S.
· Mrs. Fields Cookies is founded by Debbi Fields.
· Life Savers enlarges the holes in its product and raises prices due to high sugar prices. 2) Herbert Hoover was not the first to promise a 'chicken in every pot.'
Who said it first? 3) In the 16th century, boiled hedgehog was a common dish in what city?
a) Moscow. b) Paris. c) New York.
d) Berlin. e) Oslo. 4) Despite a physical similarity and a frequent confusion with their names, yams and sweet potatoes are not even distantly related. They are in two different botanical families.
What are yams actually related to?
a) Taro. b) Lilies. c) Grasses.
d) Carrots. e) Jicama. Click Here for Today’s 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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