Thursday, June 18, 2026Daily Trivia Questions are below TODAY’S FOOD QUOTE“Without garlic I simply would not care to live.”
Louis Diat (1885-1958)
FOOD HOLIDAYS - TODAY IS:• International Picnic Day (Picnic Trivia) • National Go Fishing Day (Fishing Trivia & Facts)
(Fish Quotes) • International Sushi Day (Ordering Sushi) • World Tapas Day (June 18, 2026, 3rd Thurs) (Designated by Spain's Tourism Institute in 2016)
(Tapas: Magic Mouthfulls) • UN: [Sustainable Gastronomy Day] • [Men’s Health Week] (June 14-21, 2026) (week leading up to and including Father’s Day) • Dairy Goat Awareness Week (June 13-20, 2026 - 2nd to 3rd Sat in June) [American Dairy Goat Assn]
(Goat Trivia & Facts) • UK: [National Picnic Week] (June 15-21, 2026)
(Picnic Trivia & Facts)
TODAY IN FOOD HISTORY1816 Thomas Henry died (born Oct 26, 1734). An apothecary in Manchester, England, he was the first to produce artifically carbonated water for sale.
(Seltzer Trivia & Facts) 1865 Edmund Ruffin died. He was a pioneer in the study of soil chemistry in the U.S. 1892 Macadamia nuts were first planted in Hawaii.
(Macadamia Nut Trivia -- Hawaii Food Trivia & Facts) 1897 Juliet Corson died. Librarian, cookery teacher and writer, founder of the New York Cooking School in 1876. Her books include 'Cooking Manual' (1877), 'Twenty-five Cent Dinners for Families of Six' (1878), and 'Miss Corson's Practical American Cookery' (1886) 1898 Atlantic City, NJ opened its Steel Pier (boardwalk). The world-famous Steel Pier had 9 miles of food, beverages, concessions, amusements, concerts, etc. Ed McMahon, of the Johnny Carson Show and Publisher's Clearing House fame, was a barker on the pier in his youth.
(New Jersey Food Trivia) 1913 Robert Mondavi was born. A leading Napa Valley vintner. (North American Wines Articles) 1964 The African Groundnut Council was founded in Dakar. 1993 So-called 'killer bees,' Africanized honey bees, have reached Tucson, Arizona; a small dog was killed from a bee attack. Their original source was Brazil, where African bees were imported for experimental cross breeding. (Bee Trivia and Facts) 2020 Coronavirus: To mask or not to mask, that is the question.
** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** June 17-20, 2026 91st Annual Emmett Cherry Festival - Emmett, Idaho June 17-20, 2026 Annual Ice Cream Days
Le Mars, Iowa June 18-20, 2026 44th Annual Owego Strawberry Festival - Owego, New York June 18-20, 2026 65th Annual Stonewall Peach JAMboree and Rodeo - Stonewall, Texas June 18-21, 2026 29th Annual BBQ RibFest
Fort Wayne, Indiana June 18-21, 2026 Cranberry Blossom Festival
Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin June 19-21, 2026 Famous Food Festival
Deer Park, New York (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?
· Howard Schultz buys Starbucks, a Seattle coffee bean business, and begins building an empire of coffee bars.
· Charlie Trotter opens his restaurant in Chicago, 'Charlie Trotter's'
· Campbell's introduces Campbell's Cup dry soups.
· Brazilian landowners create new ranch land by burning 80,000 square miles of Amazon rain forest in 79 days. 2) One of the reasons the Pilgrims landed at Plymouth Rock in 1620, rather than sail further south to warmer climate was because their supplies were getting low. They specifically mention one item, can you guess what it was? 3) The name of this specialty of Naples, Italy, actually means 'trousers' in Italian. What is the name of this dish? 4) This product was invented around 1910 by Swiss chemist Jacques Brandenberger. It is derived from wood pulp, and various types are widely used for breads, meat, produce, etc.
Name this product.
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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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