Saturday, December 6, 2025Daily Trivia Questions are below TODAY’S FOOD QUOTE“Sharing food with another human being is an intimate act that should not be indulged in lightly.”
M. F. K. Fisher (1908-1992)
FOOD HOLIDAYS - TODAY IS:• National Gazpacho Day
(Gazpacho Recipes --- Gazpacho Trivia) • Microwave Oven Day (see also Jan 24, 1950)
(Microwave Oven Trivia) • National Rhubarb Vodka Day (Dec 6, 2025 - 1st Sat) • World Pear Day (Dec 6, 2025 - 1st Sat) To bring greater global attention and awareness to pears with both consumers and global retailers, importers and wholesalers (Pear Trivia | Pear Quotes | Pear Tips) • Feast of Nicholas of Myra, patron of bakers, barrel makers, brewers, coopers. • Cookie Cutter Week: (Dec 1-7 ?)
TODAY IN FOOD HISTORY1492 Columbus sighted the island he names Hispaniola (Now consisting of Haiti and the Dominican Republic). 1866 The 2 mile long, 5 foot diameter Chicago ‘Lake Tunnel’ was completed. It was the first water supply tunnel for a U.S. city. (Chicago Food Trivia) 1872 Felix Archimede Pouchet died. A French naturalist, he was one of those who believed that life was created from nonliving matter in processes such as fermentation and putrefaction. Those flies and maggots, fungi, yeast and bacteria just appeared from nowhere. (He was wrong.) 1877 Thomas A. Edison made the first sound recording "Mary had a little lamb" 1879 Erastus Brigham Bigelow died (born April 2, 1814). Inventor of manufacturing machinery for making gingham cloth. The red & white checked tablecloths used in restaurants is a classic example of gingham. 1883 The 'Ladies’ Home Journal and Practical Housekeeper' began publication. 1917 Irv Robbins was born (died May 5, 2008). Co-founder, with Burt Baskin, of the Baskin-Robbins ice cream parlor chain in 1946 in Glendale, California.
(Baskin Robbins Trivia) 1931 Catharine Furbish died. An American botanist, she spent almost 40 years traveling and painting very accurate watercolors of the flora of the state of Maine. (Maine Food Trivia) 1964 'Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer' Christmas special first aired on NBC TV. 1968 'Beggar's Banquet' album by the Rolling Stones was released. 1994 Orange County, California filed for bankruptcy due to investment losses. 1994 The play 'Lamb Chop On Broadway' opened in New York. 2006 An outbreak of illness from the dangerous E. Coli 0157:H7 was reported, with green onions as the suspected cause. Cases were reported in New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, South Carolina, and Utah. 2014 A record 4.16 pound (1.89 kg) White Alba Truffle from the Umbrian region of Italy sold at auction for $61,250 to a Taiwanese buyer.
(Truffle Trivia)
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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 5-7, 2025 German Christmas Market
Augusta, New Jersey December 6-7, 2025 - 33rd Annual Indio International Tamale Festival - Indio, California December 6-7, 2025 Annual Christmas in Salem House Tour - Salem, Massachusetts December 10, 2025 - Kosher Food and Wine Experience - Miami, Florida December 10-22, 2025 The Bracebridge Dinner
Yosemite National Park, California (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?
· Alka Seltzer is introduced in the U.S. by Miles Laboratories.
· General Mills introduces Bisquick prepared biscuit mix.
· Harry MacElhone of Harry's Bar in Paris created the Sidecar cocktail.
· A new citrus fruit 'tangelo’ developed, a grapefruit and tangerine hybrid. 2) You are walking through a field, and you find something to eat. It doesn't have bones, and it doesn't have meat. You pick it up and put it into your pocket. You take it home and put it on the shelf, but three days later it walks away.
What is it? 3) What movie used chocolate syrup for blood in a famous shower scene? 4) What was the first movie to show a toilet flushing?
Hint: The character who flushed it was Marion Crane. 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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