FoodReference.com   (since 1999)

“The duty of a good Cuisinier is to transmit to the next generation everything he has learned and experienced.”    Fernand Point, 1941

FEATURED FOR SEPTEMBER

• Updated: Over 9,000 Food Festivals

• Tailgating Articles, Tips & Recipes

• Chicken Wing Recipes

• Crunchy Snack Mix Recipes

•  Potato Salads  --  Cole Slaws

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SOME AUTUMN RECIPES

· Carrots with Lemon Dill Butter

· Corn with Kick’n Hot Sauce

· All American Baby Back Ribs Recipe

· Green Beans with Glazed Onions

· Green Beans Amandine with Vanilla

· Grilled Lemon Chicken Recipe

· Black Pepper Sirloin w/Horseradish

· Mexican Style Beer Can Chicken

· Pulled Pork, Root Beer BBQ Sauce
 

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September Food Holidays:

For Details, History and more DAY, WEEK and MONTH Food Holiday designations, including LINKS to Holiday Origins and Additional Information: Detailed SEPTEMBER Food Calendar

SEPTEMBER is:

• Better Breakfast Month
  · Breakfast Recipes

• California Wine Month
  · California Wine Articles

• Childhood Obesity Awareness Month
  · Michelle Obama Interview

• Family Meals Month

• Fruit & Veggies: More Matters Month
  · Fruit Articles  · Vegetable Articles

• Hunger Action Month
  · Articles About Hunger & Food Scarcity

• National Biscuit Month
  · History of Biscuits  · Biscuit Recipes

• National Bourbon Heritage Month
  · Bourbon Trivia

• National Chicken Month
  · Chicken Trivia  · Chicken Recipes

• National Cholesterol Education Month

• National Food Safety Month
  · Food Safety Articles

• National Hazelnut Month
  · Hazelnut Trivia & Facts

• National Honey Month
  · Honey Trivia & Facts

• National Mushroom Month
  · Mushroom Trivia  · Recipes

• National Papaya Month (also June)
  · Papaya Trivia & Facts

• National Potato Month
  · Potato Trivia  · Potato Recipes

• National Rice Month
  · Rice Trivia  · Rice Recipes

• Organic Harvest Month
  · Organic Food Articles

• Wild Rice Month
  · Wild Rice Recipes

• Whole Grains Month

• UK National Fishing Month

• UK Seed Gathering Season

• UK: Sourdough September
  · Sourdough Methods & Hints

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Sunday, September 23, 2018

Daily Trivia Questions are below

TODAY’S FOOD QUOTE

“My tongue is smiling.”  Abigail Trillin
 

Food Holidays - Today is:

• Pancake Queen Memorial Day (see 1923 below)

• Great American Pot Pie Day
  (2002 Marie Callender's brand)

• St. Clare of Assisi, patron of good weather, laundry workers and eyes.

• UK: [Seed Gathering Season] (Sept 23-Oct 23, 2018)

• UK: [British Food Fortnight] (Sept 22- Oct 7, 2018)

• UK: [National Cupcake Week] (Sept 18-24, 2017)

  (Cupcake Trivia  --  Cupcake Recipes)
 

TODAY IN FOOD HISTORY

1848 The first commercial chewing gum is introduced, State of Maine Spruce Gum. (Chewing Gum Trivia)

1869 Mary Mallon was born. 'Typhoid Mary' was an infamous household cook who was responsible for major outbreaks of typhoid in the New York City area in 1904, 1907, and 1914. She was immune to typhoid herself, but was a carrier of the bacillus, and spread it wherever she worked as a household cook (see also March 27, 1915).

1880 Sir John Boyd Orr was born. A Scottish scientist and nutrition expert, he won the Nobel Peace Prize for his work to eliminate world hunger.

1923 Nancy Green died. Nancy Green was hired to represent and demonstrate Aunt Jemima Pancake Mix. At the 1893 Columbian Exposition in Chicago, the exhibit was so popular that police had to control the crowds at the Aunt Jemima booth. Fair officials awarded her a medal and proclaimed her Pancake Queen. She played the part of Aunt Jemima until her death in a car accident. (More about Nancy Green)

1947 Jerry Corbetta of the music group 'Sugarloaf' was born.

1964 Robert Irvine was born. British celebrity chef. Food Network shows include ‘Dinner: Impossible’; ‘Worst Cooks in America’; ‘Restaurant: Impossible’.
(Official website: http://chefirvine.com/)

1969 'Sugar, Sugar' by the Archies is #1 on the charts.

2008 Battery by Fart: A man in West Virginia was charged with battery on a police officer when he passed gas and allegedly 'fanned' it toward the police officer. He had been taken to the police station for a Breathalyzer test when the alleged 'fart and fan' caper occurred. The prosecutor's office later requested that the criminal complaint be dropped. (Flatulence Trivia)
 

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UPCOMING FEATURED FOOD FESTIVALS

· September 1-30, 2018  California Wine Month

· September 18-23, 2018 - 84th Annual North Alabama State Fair - Muscle Shoals, Alabama

· September 20-23, 2018  Annual World Chicken Festival - London, Kentucky

· September 21-23, 2018  Annual Draft Horse Classic and Harvest Fair - Grass Valley, California

· September 23, 2018  44th Annual Atlantic Antic Street Festival - Brooklyn, New York

· September 27-30, 2018  99th Annual Durham Fair
Durham, Connecticut

· September 28-29, 2018  54th Annual Beef-A-Rama
Minocqua, Wisconsin

(SEE ALL FOOD FESTIVALS and OTHER FOOD EVENTS)
 

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FOOD TRIVIA QUIZ    (new DAILY questions)

The product we know today came into being in 1902, but it had existed in similar forms for generations.  During the Christmas season of 1902, packaging became an important factor.  It was designed with a string attached to it so it could be hung as a Christmas tree ornament.  In total, there have been 37 different varieties, currently there are 22.  More than 40 million packages of these are sold each year, and they are exported to 17 countries.  They are turned out at the rate of 12,000 per minute, and nearly 6,000 miles of string are used on the packages.  Poet-philosopher Christopher Morley wrote a poem named for them.
What are they?

Click here for the answers

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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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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.
· 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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DID YOU KNOW?

Pannkuchen:
A crepe-like German pancake, it is often served with a mixture of currants, candied peel, grated lemon peel and sour cream.

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A FOOD LIFE

"There are those who say that a life devoted to food -- cooking it, eating it, writing about it, even dreaming about it -- is a frivolous life, an indulgent life.  I would disagree.  If we do not care what we eat, we do not care for ourselves, and if we do not care for ourselves, how can we care for others?"
Fictional cookery writer Hilary Small, in episode 6, series 2 of 'Pie In the Sky'
 

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Click Here for
Food Emergency
Websites, Phone #s, E-mails, etc.
 

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Classic Fish and Seafood Recipes
 

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DID YOU KNOW?

Cassava contributes more to the world's calorie budget than any other food except rice and wheat.

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IN SEASON FOR AUTUMN (Fall)

Mango Tips

Pear Tips  --  Trivia

Pineapple Trivia

BEETS:
  Trivia  --  Tips

BROCCOLI:
  Trivia  --  Recipes

BRUSSELS SPROUTS:
  Trivia  --  Recipes

CARROTS:
  Recipes  --  Trivia

CAULIFLOWER:
  Recipes  --  Trivia

CRANBERRY:
  Trivia  --  Tips

Celery Cooking Tips

Collard Green Tips

GREEN BEANS:
  Recipes  --  Tips

MUSHROOMS:
  Recipes  --  Trivia

PARSNIPS:
  Trivia  --  Recipes

PUMPKINS:
  Trivia  --  Recipes

SWEET POTATO:
  Trivia  --  Recipes

TURNIPS:
  Recipes  --  Trivia

SQUASH:
  Recipes  --  Trivia

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DID YOU KNOW?

Blini: A small pancake of Russia and Poland made of both wheat and buckwheat flour, yeast, butter, eggs and milk. Blini is often spread with caviar or slices of smoked salmon, stacked one on top of another and served with sour cream.

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