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AUGUST 14 - History of food and drink Click here for a list of August Food Shows, Festivals, etc
National Creamsicle Day St. Werenfrid's Day, patron of vegetable gardens. St. Arnulf of Soissons, patron of brewers and millers.
1873 The first issue of 'Field & Stream' was published.
1897 The largest sturgeon was caught, 1,387 pounds, in the Fraser River.
1941 Paul Sabatier died. Organic chemist. The margarine, oil hydrogenation and methanol industries grew out of his research.
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