Sunday, December 14, 2025Daily Trivia Questions are below TODAY’S FOOD QUOTE“If I could work my will every idiot who goes about with 'Merry Christmas' on his lips, should be boiled with his own pudding, and buried with a stake of holly through his heart. He should!”
Ebenezer Scrooge in Charles Dickens’ ‘A Christmas Carol’ (1843)
FOOD HOLIDAYS - TODAY IS:• National Bouillabaisse Day
(Bouillabaisse Trivia - The Ballad of Bouillabaisse) • Roast Chestnuts Day
(Chestnut Trivia --- Chestnut Quotes) • National Screwdriver Day (A cocktail made with Vodka and Orange Juice) • [Monkey Day]: an annual celebration of all things simian, a festival of primates (annually Dec 14). • Hanukkah (Chanukah) begins Dec 14 - 22, 2025)
(El Al Hanukkah Recipes)
TODAY IN FOOD HISTORY1503 Nostradamus was born. Astrologer and cookbook author. He is best known for his book of prophecies 'Centuries Asrtologiques' published in 1555. However, in the same year he also published 'Excellent er Moult Utile Opuscule a tous necessaire qui desirent avoir connaissance de plusieurs exq uises recettes' (‘An excellent and most useful little work essential to all who wish to become acquainted with some exquisite recipes’) 1795 John Bloomfield Jarvis was born. A civil engineer, he designed and built the Boston Aqueduct and the 41 mile long Croton Aqueduct (New York City's water supply for over 50 years from 1842). 1820 Abram Lyle was born (died April 30, 1891). Scottish shipbuilder and sugar refiner. Noted for the pale treacle, 'Lyle's Golded Syrup' (treacle is made from the syrup that remains after sugar is refined).
(Sugar Trivia & Facts) 1843 John Claudius Loudon died (born April 8, 1783). A Scottish botanist, garden designer and author. In 1826 he founded the 'Gardener's Magazine', the first magazine devoted solely to horticulture. 1911 Roald Amundsen and four others (Bjaaland, Wisting, Hassel and Hansse) became the first to reach the South Pole. They celebrated by sharing some seal meat. 1943 John Harvey Kellogg died. A physician, vegetarian and health food pioneer. He was superintendent of the Battle Creek Sanitarium, where he developed the first breakfast cereals for his patients, Granose (granola) and toasted flakes. His brother, William K. Kellogg founded the Battle Creek Toasted Corn Flake Co. to produce cornflakes.
(Kellogg’s Sugar Frosted Flakes Trivia) 1948 The Supreme Court of Canada lifted a ban on margarine. Manufacturers can now produce, and grocers can now sell, margarine.
(Margarine Trivia & Facts) 1968 'I Heard It Through the Grapevine' by Marvin Gaye hits number 1 on the charts. 2006 Mashed Potato Time: A bar owner in Bethalto, Illinois was charged with violating the liquor code and obscenity laws. The bar filled a children's inflatable pool with mashed potatoes and staged wrestling matches. The violations came about when several of the female 'wrestlers' were rumored to have lost some of their garments to the surrounding carbohydrates. 2018 A new record heaviest Avocado, 5 pounds, 9.6 ounces was grown by Mark, Juliane and Loihi Pokini of Kahului, Hawaii.
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** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** Nov 18, 2025-Jan 4, 2026 National Gingerbread House Competition & Display - Asheville, N. Carolina December 1-31, 2025 55th Annual Christmas in Newport - Newport, Rhode Island December 10-22, 2025 The Bracebridge Dinner
Yosemite National Park, California December 12-14, 2025 Annual Woodstock Winter Wassail Weekend - Woodstock, Vermont December 13-14, 2025 28th Annual Inn to Inn Holiday Cookie & Candy Tour
Mt. Washington Valley, New Hampshire (SEE ALL FOOD FESTIVALS and OTHER FOOD EVENTS)
** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** FOOD TRIVIA QUIZ (new DAILY questions)1) All of the following events took place in the same year. What year is it?
· This was declared 'The Year of the Restaurant' by the U.S. Dept. of Commerce.
· Restaurant Nora in Washington DC became America's first certified organic restaurant.
· Nicholas Vitalich is arrested for assaulting his girlfriend with a large tuna, outside a San Diego supermarket.
· The Russian Duma passed an animal rights bill that prohibits people from eating their pets.
· The films 'American Pie' and 'Breakfast of Champions' opened in U.S. theatres. 2) Transportation and the breadfruit tree are connected with what famous crime? 3) Earle Dickson's wife seems to have been accident prone in the kitchen, frequently cutting or burning herself. What did Earle do about this? 4) There is a monument to honor sea gulls in Salt Lake City. Why? Click Here for Today’s Quiz Answers ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** 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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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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