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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Wednesday, Sept 19, 2018

Daily Trivia Questions are below

TODAY’S FOOD QUOTE

“The British Empire was created as a by-product of generations of desperate Englishmen roaming the world in search of a decent meal.”  Bill Marsano
 

Food Holidays - Today is:

• National Butterscotch Pudding Day
  (Butterscotch Pudding Recipe)

• National Farm Safety & Health Week (Sept 16-22, 2018) [Nat'l Education Ctr for Agricultural Safety]

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

  (Cupcake Trivia  --  Cupcake Recipes)
 

TODAY IN FOOD HISTORY

1783 The Montgolfier brothers successfully sent up some live animals in a hot air balloon, including a sheep and a rooster.

1839 George Cadbury was born. He took over his father's chocolate business and built it into a major chocolate manufacturer. (Chocolate Trivia & Facts)

1851 William Lever was born (died May 7, 1925). British manufacturer who founded Lever Brothers soap company with his brother James. Lever was one of the first to produce soap from vegetable oils rather than tallow.

1876 Melville Bissell patented the carpet sweeper.

1911 English author William Golding was born. His first novel was 'Lord of the Flies' (1954).

1941 Mama Cass Elliot, singer (The Mamas and the Papas) was born. The rumor that she choked to death on a ham sandwich in 1974 is not true. She actually died of a heart attack.

1949 Lesley Hornsby, aka 'Twiggy' was born. Not exactly a poster girl for French Haute Cuisine!

1959 Soviet Premier Nikita Krushchev is told he cannot visit Disneyland. Krushchev was indignant. The reason given was security concerns. Can you picture Krushchev cavorting with Donald Duck and Mickey Mouse?

1960 Mario Batali was born. American chef, author, restaurateur. [Website: mariobatali.com/]

1960 'The Twist' by Chubby Checker reached Number 1 on the charts. Great music to exercise to.

1975 The first episode of 'Fawlty Towers' premiered. A BBC TV comedy series set in a fictional hotel.

1995 Orville Redenbacher died (born July 16, 1907).  American agronomist and founder of gourmet popcorn company.   (Popcorn Trivia & Facts)
 

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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 20-22, 2018  Great American Beer Festival - Denver, Colorado

· 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 22, 2018  12th Annual “What the Fluff” Festival - Somerville, Massachusetts

(SEE ALL FOOD FESTIVALS and OTHER FOOD EVENTS)
 

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FOOD TRIVIA QUIZ    (new DAILY questions)

1) This cheese has been made since the 15th century, is made in giant wheels that can weigh well over 200 pounds, and is Switzerland's oldest cheese.
What is the name of this cheese (other than 'Swiss cheese')?

2) The following all took place during the same year.
Can you guess the year?
· Kellogg introduced Pop-Tarts toaster pastries.
•· General Mills introduced Lucky Charms cereal.
•· The French dairy cooperatives introduced Yoplait Yogurt in France.
•· Maxim freeze dried instant coffee is introduced by General Foods.
·• The U.S. government defines Bourbon as whiskey with at least 51% corn liquor and aged in new charred-oak barrels.
·• Rocky Aoki opens his first Benihana of Tokyo restaurant in New York.
·• The first Arby's restaurant is opened.

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?

During the American Revolution, an American officer had his leg broken when a 10 foot sturgeon leaped into his boat on the Potomac River near Georgetown.

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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?

A Betty is a baked dessert dating to Colonial America.  It is a baked pudding made with layers of spiced sweetened fruit (usually apples) and buttered bread crumbs. Apple Brown Betty is made with brown sugar and sliced apples.

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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?

The pasta and seasoning mix known as 'Hamburger Helper' was introduced in 1970 by General Mills. The product was created during a meat shortage, and was designed to help housewives stretch a pound of ground beef (hamburger) into a tasty family meal.

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