Thursday, December 18, 2025Daily Trivia Questions are below TODAY’S FOOD QUOTE“When other Sin's grow old by Time,
Then Avarice is in its prime,
Yet feed the Poor at Christmas time.”
Poor Richard's Almanack, December 1757
FOOD HOLIDAYS - TODAY IS: National Roast Suckling Pig Day
(Pig Trivia & Facts -- Pork Recipes)
(Pig Quotes --- Pork Quotes) National Bake Cookies Day (Cookie Recipes)
(Cookie Trivia --- Cookie Quotes) Dec 17-23: Saturnalia - Ancient Roman festival honoring Saturn, the god of agriculture and harvest.
TODAY IN FOOD HISTORY1787 New Jersey is the third state to ratify the U.S. Constitution. (New Jersey Food Trivia) 1796 The first Sunday newspaper in the U.S. was published in Baltimore, Maryland, the Sunday Monitor 1829 Jean-Baptiste-Pierre-Antoine de Monet, Chevalier de Lamarck died. A French naturalist, he believed in the inheritance of acquired traits. He was the first to draw an evolutionary diagram. Some of his ideas influenced Darwin. 1883 Walter D. Teague was born (died Dec 5, 1960). A pioneering industrial designer, he designed Steuben glassware, cameras for Kodak and Polaroid, and Texaco gas stations. 1895 The Anti-Saloon League's of Ohio and Washington D.C. joined to form the National Anti-Saloon League (later, the Anti-Saloon League of America). 1901 In Saskatchewan, Canada the Territorial Grain Growers' Association was founded (later the Saskatchewan Grain Growers' Association). 1935 Jacques Pιpin was born. Well known award winning French Chef, prolific cookbook author and host of numerous TV cooking shows, including the PBS series with Julia Child, 'Julia and Jacques Cooking at Home.' [Jacques Pιpin Foundation] 1965 'Taste Of Honey' by Herb Alpert & Tijuana Brass is #1 on the charts. 1982 'Maneater' by Daryl Hall and John Oates was #1 on the music charts. 1988 Pillsbury Co. is acquired by the British company Grand Metropolitan PLC, a food and spirits conglomerate. 1988 Quebec, Canada requires French only on outside signs in Quebec. 1991 The 'International Project to Save the Brazilian Rainforests' was launched. 2020 Waffle House and Oconee Brewing Co. of Georgia released Bacon & Kegs, a bacon infused red ale. 2020 Coronavirus: This week the U.S. began giving its first approved vaccine to health care workers and long-term care residents, while also dealing with record high numbers of new daily cases, hospitalizations and deaths.
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** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** Nov 18, 2025-Jan 4, 2026 National Gingerbread House Competition & Display - Asheville, N. Carolina December 1-31, 2025 55th Annual Christmas in Newport - Newport, Rhode Island December 10-22, 2025 The Bracebridge Dinner
Yosemite National Park, California December 19-20, 2025 Winter Beer Festival
Seattle, Washington December 20-29, 2025 NOLA Christmasfest
New Orleans, Louisiana NEW YEARS EVE EVENTS (SEE ALL FOOD FESTIVALS and OTHER FOOD EVENTS)
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· A method was developed for cleaning Navy airplane engines by blasting them with ground corn cobs.
· Palatable dehydrated eggs developed.
· Laslo Biro patented the first commercially successful ball point pen.
· Research to create fruit essences began; led to development of concentrated frozen apple and grape juices. 2) Here is a typical recipe for a traditional spice blend. Can you name it?
Equal parts of black peppercorns, mustard seeds, dill seeds, cloves, allspice, ginger, bay leaves. 3) What is a nickname for the fleshy part of the tail of a chicken, where the tail feathers grow? 4) Where were true yams first cultivated, and how long ago? Click Here for Today’s Quiz Answers ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** Read an article about Chef James and the FoodReference.com website published in the Winona Daily News, Minneapolis StarTribune, and numerous other newspapers: Click here for the Article
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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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