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Chef James

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

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Updated: Over 9,000 Food Festivals

Lenten and Easter Articles & Recipes

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FEATURED RECIPES & TIPS

· Corned Beef and Cabbage Recipe

· Leprechaun Pie Recipe

· Easy Green Velvet Cupcakes

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· Roast Leg of Lamb

· Easter Egg Potatoes

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March Food Holidays:

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

MARCH is:

• American Red Cross Month
Annual Presidential Proclamation since 1943.

• Caffeine Awareness Month
  · Caffeine Facts

• Grain of the Month: Quinoa
  · Quinoa Trivia & Facts

• National Flour Month
  · Flour Facts  · Flour Kitchen Tips

• National Frozen Food Month
  · Frozen Food Facts & Trivia
  · Frozen Food Tips
  · What Not to Freeze

• National Kidney Month

• National Noodle Month
  · Pasta & Noodle Recipes
  · Noodle Trivia

• National Nutrition Month
A nutrition education and information campaign sponsored annually by the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics.
  · Nutrition Articles

• National Peanut Month
National Peanut Month had its beginnings as National Peanut Week in 1941. It was expanded to a month-long celebration in 1974.
  · Peanut Facts  · Peanut Taste Tests

• National Sauce Month
  · Sauce Recipes  ---  Sauce Quotes
  · Sauce Making Articles

• Canada: Nutrition Month
 

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DID YOU KNOW?

Most Allspice is produced in Jamaica, but alternative sources include Guatemala, Honduras, and Mexico. Historically, Jamaican Allspice has been considered superior because of its higher oil content, better appearance and flavor. Jamaican Allspice has a clove-like aroma while the Honduran and Guatemalan varieties have a characteristic bay-rum flavor.
 

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Monday, March 18, 2024

Daily Trivia Questions are below

TODAY’S FOOD QUOTE

“Think of the fierce energy concentrated in an acorn! You bury it in the ground, and it explodes into an oak!  Bury a sheep, and nothing happens but decay.”
George Bernard Shaw, Irish playwright (1856-1950)
 

FOOD HOLIDAYS - TODAY IS:

• [Global Recycling Day] Created in 2018 to help recognise, and celebrate, the importance recycling plays in preserving our precious primary resources and securing the future of our planet.

• Oatmeal Cookie Day (Oatmeal Cookie Recipes)

• National Sloppy Joe Day (Sloppy Joe Recipes)

• Ag Appreciation Week: March 17-24, 2024 [Community Agriculture Alliance]  A time to recognize and celebrate the importance of agriculture.
  (Farms & Farmers Trivia)

• [National Agriculture Week] (March 17-23, 2024) A time to celebrate the abundance provided by agriculture

• [National Poison Prevention Week]  (March 17-23, 2024 - 3rd wk March) Established by Congress on September 16, 1961 [PL 87-319]

• American Chocolate Week (March 17-23, 2024)
  (Chocolate Trivia & Facts  ---  Chocolate Quotes)

TODAY IN FOOD HISTORY

1845 Most accepted date given for John Chapman’s, 'Johnny Appleseed' death. An American pioneer and legend, he planted apple seeds in the Ohio River valley area - Ohio, Indiana, Illinois.  (Date is variously given as March 10, 11 or 18).
(Johnny Appleseed Trivia & Facts)

1863 Women rioted in Salisbury, North Carolina, to protest the lack of flour and salt in the Confederacy.

1909 Ernest Gallo was born (died March 6, 2007).  Co-founded E & J Gallo Winery with his brother Julio in 1933. It is the largest winery in the U.S. with about 25% of the U.S. wine market.
(North American Wine Articles)

1910 Herman Tarnower was born (died March 10, 1980). American physician and author of the bestselling 'The Complete Scarsdale Medical Diet' (1979). He was shot to death by Jean Harris.

1918 The first U.S. ocean-going concrete ship, the S.S. Faith, was launched in Oakland, California.
(see also Aug 2, 1917).

1925 'Tea for Two' was recorded by Binnie Hale & the Palace Theater Orchestra.

1946 The Andrews Sisters recorded 'Avocado' today.

1956 Louis Bromfield died (born Dec 27, 1896).  American conservationist and author. 'The Green Bay Tree' (1924), 'Early Autumn' (1926), 'The Farm' (1933), 'The Rains Came' (1937). Studied agriculture at Cornell University and Journalism at Columbia.  His Malabar Farm in Ohio is now a state park. Elected to the Ohio Agricultural Hall of Fame.  His innovative work continues to influence agricultural methodologies around the world. (Agriculture Articles)

1966 Gossip columnist Hedda Hopper died.
Quote: "Having only friends [and no enemies] would be dull....like eating eggs without salt."

2004 Harrison McCain died (born Nov 3, 1927).  'King of the French Fry,'  co-founder (with 3 brothers) of McCain Foods in 1957 in New Brunswick, Canada.  The company produces 1/3 of the world's french fries.
(French Fry Trivia & Facts)

 

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UPCOMING FEATURED FOOD FESTIVALS

March 8-10 & 15-17, 2024  Annual Ostrich Festival
Chandler, Arizona

March 14-24, 2024  Oakland Restaurant Week
Oakland, California

March 15-24, 2024  Annual International Cherry Blossom Festival - Macon, Georgia

March 16-17 & 23-24, 2024  New York Maple Weekend - Statewide, New York

(SEE ALL FOOD FESTIVALS and OTHER FOOD EVENTS)
 

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FOOD TRIVIA QUIZ    (new DAILY questions)

1) All of the following events took place in the same year. What year is it?
· Maxwell House introduced the first freeze-dried instant coffee.
· Jean Nidetch founded Weight Watchers.
· Fruit Loops breakfast cereal is introduced.
· Julia Child's TV show 'The French Chef' begins.
· Coca Cola introduced TaB, its new diet cola.

2) This culinary dish, like many others, has several stories that are told about how and where it originated. It was created at Delmonico's in New York, or maybe at Claridge's Hotel in London, or even in Miami, Long Island or at the Waldorf. It may have been created by Foxhall Keene (or J.R. Keene), or by the Chef at Claridge's (and named for his father). Other stories tell of its creation by Chef George Greenwald at the Brighten Beach Hotel, and named for his boss. The date of its creation range from 1881 to the 1920s! Can you name this culinary preparation?

3) This West Indian tropical fruit is the primary source of vitamin C supplements that are labeled as 'natural.'  Can you name this fruit?

Click Here for Quiz 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.
· 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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DID YOU KNOW?

When the first census was taken in the U.S. in 1790, 95% of Americans lived on farms or in villages with a population of less than 2,500.
 

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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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Classic Fish and Seafood Recipes
 

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DID YOU KNOW?

The first household microwave ovens called the 'Radarange' went on sale in 1947. They cost almost $3,000 each and were the size of a small refrigerator.
 

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IN SEASON FOR WINTER

APPLES
  Trivia  ---  Tips

MANGOS - Tips
  Trivia

RASPBERRIES
  Trivia  ---  Tips

BEETS - Trivia | Tips
  Recipes  |  Quotes

BROCCOLI - Trivia
  Tips  ---  Recipes

BRUSSELS SPROUTS
  Trivia  ---  Recipes

CAULIFLOWER - Tips
  Trivia  ---  Recipes

COLLARD GREENS
  Trivia  ---  Recipes

CRANBERRIES
  Trivia  ---  Tips

KALE - Trivia
  Tips  ---  Recipes

PARSNIPS - Trivia
  Tips  ---  Recipes

PUMPKINS - Trivia
  Recipes

RUTABAGAS - Trivia
  Tips  ---  Recipes

SWEET POTATOES and YAMS - Trivia
  Tips  ---  Recipes

SWISS CHARD
  Trivia  ---  Recipes

TURNIPS - Trivia
  Recipes

WINTER SQUASH
  Tips  ---  Recipes

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DID YOU KNOW?

Brazil nuts have a high fat content (about 65%) making them susceptible to rancidity. Two nuts contain as much fat as one egg.
 

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