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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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July Food Holidays:

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

JULY is:

• Air Conditioning Appreciation Days
  (July 3 to August 15)

• Grain of the Month: Wheat

• Lasagna Awareness Month

• National Baked Bean Month

• National Blueberry Month (Since 1974)

• National Culinary Arts Month

• National Grilling Month

• National Horseradish Month

• National Hot Dog Month

• National Ice Cream Month (Presidential Proclamation: 1984, President Ronald Reagan)

• National Picnic Month

• National Pickle Month

• National Watermelon Month

• UK: National Fishing Month
  (July 26-August 31, 2025)

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DID YOU KNOW?

Eggplants are actually fruits, and classified botanically as berries!

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Thursday, July 17, 2025

Daily Trivia Questions are below

TODAY’S FOOD QUOTE

“The only emperor is the emperor of ice cream.”
Wallace Stevens (1880-1955)
 

FOOD HOLIDAYS - TODAY IS:

• National Peach Ice Cream Day (Ice Cream Recipes)
 

TODAY IN FOOD HISTORY

1763 John Jacob Astor was born in Waldorf, Germany. His descendants built the Waldorf-Astoria hotel.

1821 Spain formally transferred Florida to the United States. (Florida Food Trivia)

1845 Charles Grey, 2nd Earl died. Grey (also Baron Grey and Viscount Howick) was given the recipe for Earl Grey Tea by a Chinese mandarin with whom he was friends (and/or whose life either he or another British diplomat saved). (Earl Grey Tea Facts & Trivia)

1861 Congress authorizes the Treasury Secretary to issue the first paper currency, called 'Demand Notes,' to finance costs of the Civil War.

1867 Harvard School of Dental Medicine was founded in Boston, Massachusetts. It was the first university based dental school in the U.S.

1948 Mick Tucker of the music group 'Sweet' was born.

1955 Disneyland opened in Anaheim, California.

1959 Mary Leakey, wife of Louis Leakey, discovered the oldest human skull to date in Tanganyika (Tanzania). It was about 1.8 million years old.

1961 The Supremes first single recording was released, 'Buttered Popcorn.'

1968 Brewery workers in Ontario, Canada end a 3 week strike for higher wages.
(Beer Trivia & Facts)

2024 The stock market closes above 41,000 for the first time (41,198).
 

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A FEW FEATURED FOOD FESTIVALS
(See All 9,000 Food, Wine & Beer Festivals)

July 9-19, 2025  South Carolina Peach Festival
Gaffney, South Carolina

July 11-27, 2025  California State Fair
Sacramento, California

July 13-19, 2025  Derry Township Agricultural Fair
New Derry, Pennsylvania

July 16-19, 2025  40th Annual Mattoon Bagelfest
Mattoon, Illinois

July 16-20, 2025  Big Sky Country State Fair
Bozeman, Montana

July 18-20, 2025  Roscoe Village Burger Fest
Chicago, Illinois

July 18-20, 2025 - 60th Yarmouth Clam Festival
Yarmouth, Maine

(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?
· Grand Rapids, Michigan became the first U.S. city to fluridate its drinking water, to reduce tooth decay.
· 'Cheerioats' cereal was renamed 'Cheerios'
· Tupperware Corp. is founded by former duPont chemist Earl W. Tupper.

2) In 1846, 65,000 tons, or 175 shiploads of this product were shipped by a Boston company. Large quantities were exported to the Far East, where it is sold at high prices in exchange for cheap silk, which brought high prices in the U.S.  What valuable product was in these 175 ships?
  a) whale oil.  b) seaweed.  c) lobster.
  d) beef.  e) ice.

3) In 1648 the Massachusetts Bay Colony had poor harvests, and were saved from starving by eating what abundant species?

4) In 1945 Japan organized school children to gather what item to use for making flour due to dwindling stocks of wheat and rice?

Click Here for Today’s 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?

The peach is the state fruit of Georgia and South Carolina. It is the state flower of Delaware.

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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?

Corn Belt - The area of the United States where corn is a principal cash crop, including Iowa, Indiana, most of Illinois, and parts of Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, South Dakota, Minnesota, Ohio, and Wisconsin.

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IN SEASON FOR SUMMER

VEGETABLES
(Recipes  --  Tips)
Asparagus
Avocados
Broccoli
Cabbage
Carrots
Celery
Collard Greens
Garlic
Herbs
Kale
Lettuce
Mushrooms
Onions
Peas
Plantains
Radishes
Rhubarb
Spinach
Swiss Chard
Turnips

FRUITS (Tips)
Apples
Apricots
Bananas
Kiwifruit
Lemons
Limes
Pineapples
Strawberries

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DID YOU KNOW?

· A bushel of corn contains about 27,000 kernels.
· There is one piece of silk for each kernel.

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