Saturday, June 20, 2026Daily Trivia Questions are below TODAY’S FOOD QUOTE“Summer cooking implies a sense of immediacy, a capacity to capture the essence of the fleeting moment.”
Elizabeth David, food writer (1913-1992)
FOOD HOLIDAYS - TODAY IS:• National Vanilla Milkshake Day (Shake Recipes) • Ice Cream Soda Day. • World Martini Day (3rd Sat - June 20, 2026) by Belvedere Vodka in 2012 (National Martini Day is June 19) (Martini Recipes --- Martini Trivia & Facts)
(Martini Quotes) • National Kouign Amann Day (a pastry originating in Brittany, France) • [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) • UK: English Wine Week (June 20-28, 2026)
[Wines of Great Britain]
TODAY IN FOOD HISTORY1484 The date given by Robert Burton in his 'Anatomy of Melancholy' (1621) for when the Pied Piper led all the children of Hamelin, Germany away.
See July 22, 1376 for more info. 1819 At 6 p.m. the first steamship to cross the Atlantic, the American steamship SS Savannah, arrived at Liverpool, England. It had sailed from Savannah, Georgia on May 22, 1819. 1837 The beginning of the Victorian Era. King William IV died and his 18 year old niece Victoria became Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. Her reign lasted for 63 years. 1861 Sir Frederick Gowland Hopkins was born. He discovered what we now call 'vitamins,' essential nutrients needed to maintain health.
(Vitamin Facts & Trivia) 1948 The TV show 'Toast of the Town' premiers on CBS with Ed Sullivan as the host. 1964 'Chapel of Love' by Dixie Cups is #1 on the charts. 1972 Howard Deering Johnson died (born Feb 2, 1897). Founder of Howard Johnson's chain of restaurants and motels.
(Howard Johnson Bio --- Howard Johnson’s Trivia) 1977 The trans-Alaska oil pipeline opened. It takes oil 38 days to travel 800 miles from the fields in Prudhoe Bay to the port of Valdez.
(Alaska Food Trivia) 2004 Bacardi agrees to acquire Grey Goose Vodka.
(The Bacardi ‘Bat’) 2008 Wilbur Hardee died (born Aug 15, 1918). Founder of fast food chain Hardee's in 1960.
(see also Sept 3, 1960 and May 5, 1961)
2008 Water on Mars! NASA announced that its Phoenix Mars Lander had uncovered about eight small pieces of water ice. (Water Trivia & Facts) 2020 Dryers Ice Cream will change name of 'Eskimo Pie' to 'Edy's Pie' due to its racially tinged name. (The Edy's name is a nod to candy maker Joseph Edy, one of the founders of Dreyer's). (Eskimo Pie Trivia) 2020 Coronavirus: National Restaurant Association reports that the restaurant industry losses tied to the coronavirus crises total $120 billion; Cruise lines suspend all trips from U.S. ports until Sept 15.
** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** 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 June 24-27, 2026 52nd Annual Bixby Green Corn Festival - Bixby, Oklahoma June 25-28, 2026 Luling Watermelon Thump
Luling, Texas June 26-27, 2026 The Great Lenexa Barbeque Battle
Lenexa, Kansas (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?
· The famous Paris restaurant, La Tour d'Argent served its 100,000th signature dish, 'Caneton Tour D'Agent' (pressed duck).
· Sheffeld Farms of New York began using wax paper cartons instead of glass bottles for milk delivery.
· Popeye the spinach loving sailor first appeared in the comic strip 'Thimble Theatre.'
· The Ruby Red grapefruit was a chance mutation discovered at a farm in McAllen, Texas.
· Harland Sanders (Colonel Sanders of Kentucky Fried Chicken fame) opened his first restaurant in Corbin, Kentucky. 2) Sole and flounder are two types of 'flatfish.' Flatfish are born with eyes located as in other fish, but one eye migrates to the other side, so they end up with both eyes on the same side of their head. They swim with their body flat with the ocean floor, with both eyes 'on top.' What is the largest flatfish and how big can they get? 3) Why does skim milk have more calcium than regular milk?
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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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