Thursday, September 18, 2025Daily Trivia Questions are below TODAY’S FOOD QUOTE“If the melting pot exists, the cheeseburger may well be its most palpable product; to take a bite of it is to take a bite of history...” Elizabeth Rozin
FOOD HOLIDAYS - TODAY IS:• National Cheeseburger Day (Hamburger Trivia)
(100 Hamburger Variations --- Hamburger Quotes) • National Paw Paw Day (Sept 18, 2025 - 3rd Thurs)
(Paw Paw Trivia & Facts --- Article about Paw Paw) • St. Winnoc, patron of millers. • International Housekeepers Week / Environmental Services Week (Sept 14-20, 2025 - 2nd full week)
[International Executive Housekeepers Assn] • Biscuits and Gravy Week (Sept 14-20, 2025 - 2nd full week in Sept) (Biscuits & Gravy Article & Recipe)
(Biscuit History --- Biscuit Quotes)
TODAY IN FOOD HISTORY1709 Samuel Johnson, dictionary author, was born. I have read somewhere that he served his cat fresh shucked oysters. 1838 The Anti-Corn Law League was founded in Great Britain by Richard Cobden. The Corn Laws levied tariffs on imported food, which raised food prices. 1851 The first edition of the ‘New York Times’ was published ('The New York Daily Times') 1883 Elmer Maytag was born. Founder of the Maytag Co., washing machine manufacturer. One of his descendants was Fred Maytag II, whose Maytag Dairy Farms manufactures Maytag Blue Cheese. 1910 Ray Geiger was born (died April 1, 1994). Editor of the Farmers' Almanac from 1934-1993, and editor of American Farm & Home Almanac from 1964-1990. 1927 Al Lapin Jr. was born (died June 16, 2004). Entrepreneur and restaurateur, co-founder with his brother Jerry of International House of Pancakes in 1958 in Toluca Lake, California. 1952 ‘Jambalaya (On the Bayou)’ by Hank Williams was #1 on the Country Charts. 1990 A 500 pound, 6 foot high Hershey Chocolate Kiss was put on display at Times Square in New York City. (Chocolate Trivia --- Chocolate Quotes) 2009 The animated movie 'Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs' opened in U.S. theatres. A clumsy inventor's gadget causes food to fall from the sky like rain. 2010 'Pretty Good at Drinkin' Beer' by Billy Currington was #1 on the Country Charts. 2020 The movie 'A Chef’s Voyage' premiered. Following Chef David Kinch journey from their 3 Michelin Star restauran in California on a collaboration with three legendary chefs at their iconic restaurants in Paris, Provence and Marseille.
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** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** August 29-Sept 21, 2025 Washington State Fair
Puyallup, Washington September 18-21, 2025 Annual Draft Horse Classic and Harvest Fair - Grass Valley, California September 18-21, 2025 49th Annual Nappanee Apple Festival - Nappanee, Indiana September 18-28, 2025 North Georgia State Fair
Marietta, Georgia September 19-20, 2025 Annual Tater Tots Festival
Ontario, Oregon September 20-27, 2025 Annual Persimmon Festival
Mitchell, Indiana September 21-27, 2025 153rd Cumberland County Fair - Cumberland, Maine (SEE ALL FOOD FESTIVALS and OTHER FOOD EVENTS)
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· Hanson Goodrich is granted a patent for the first modern stove top coffee percolator.
· More than 4.25 million pounds of Shad were caught in New Yorks Hudson River.
· Don Raffaele Esposito developed the modern tomato, mozzarella cheese and basil pizza. 2) This plant is believed to be the wild ancestor of the cultivated leek. Its flavor is in between garlic and onion, but milder. Name this plant. 3) These plants are tropical vines of the Lily family, native to the Americas. An extract from the roots was once used as a treatment for rheumatism, boils and mercury poisoning. It is now used to flavor and mask the taste of medicines. It was and still is used to flavor certain carbonated beverages.
Name this plant and extract. 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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