Saturday, April 25, 2026Daily Trivia Questions are below TODAY’S FOOD QUOTE“I'm frightened of eggs, worse than frightened, they revolt me.” Alfred Hitchcock
FOOD HOLIDAYS - TODAY IS:• National Zucchini Bread Day
(Zucchini Bread Recipes) • National Steak Day (Steak Recipes -- Steak Trivia) • St. Mark's Day, patron of cattle breeders. • This is the latest date that Easter Sunday can occur • National Library Week (April 19-25, 2026)
[American Library Association]
TODAY IN FOOD HISTORY1744 Anders Celsius died (born Nov 27, 1701). Swedish astronomer, he developed the temperature scale which bears his name (Celsius). 1836 Laroy S. Starrett was born (died April 23, 1922). American inventor, he received more than 100 patents. His first patent was for a meat chopping machine named the 'Hasher' 1856 Charles Luttwedge Dodgson met a little girl named Alice Liddell. Alice had a penchant for consuming unknown (and apparently psychoactive) food, pills and liquids that she found while exploring a very large rabbit hole.* 1859 Work began on the 100 mile long Suez Canal in Egypt, to link the Red Sea with the Mediterranean Sea. The canal was officially opened on November 17, 1869. 1932 Meadowlark Lemon, basketball star, was born. 1945 Stu Cook of the music group 'Creedence Clearwater Revival' was born. 1956 'Heartbreak Hotel' by Elvis Presley is number 1 on the music charts. 1959 The St. Lawrence Seaway opened. It connects the Great Lakes with the Atlantic Ocean. Its completion opened the heart of Americas industrial and agricultural areas to ocean going vessels for shipping. (The official opening ceremony is June 26) 1965 Swedish engineer Sten Gustav Thulin was issued U.S. patent No. 3,180,557 (assigned to Celloplast company) for the modern disposable plastic grocery bag. 2020 Coronavirus: About 1 million casks of beer going stale with restaurants and bars closed; Farmers are dumping milk. * You might know the two people better by their pen and fictional names, Lewis Carroll and Alice in Wonderland.
** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** April 18-19 & 22-26, 2026 - 79th Annual Pennsylvania Maple Festival - Meyersdale, Pennsylvania April 23-26, 2026 Vidalia Onion Festival
Vidalia, Georgia April 23-May 3, 2026 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival - New Orleans, Louisiana April 24-26, 2026 40th Annual San Joaquin Asparagus Festival - Stockton, California April 24-26, 2026 Annual Pensacola Crawfish Festival
Pensacola, Florida April 24-26, 2026 Annual Astoria-Warrenton Crab, Seafood & Wine Festival - Astoria, Oregon April 25-26, 2026 29th Annual National Cornbread Festival - South Pittsburg, Tennessee (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?
· Hanson Goodrich is granted a patent for the first modern stove top coffee percolator.
· More than 4.25 million pounds of Shad were caught in New Yorks Hudson River.
· Don Raffaele Esposito developed the modern tomato, mozzarella cheese and basil pizza. 2) Can you name a vegetable that has 2 to 4 times as much vitamin C as Oranges? 3) Which specific part of chile peppers are the hottest? 4a) Why is salt used to preserve food such as salt fish, corned beef, etc.?
4b) What human endeavor was made possible in part by salt fish? 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
** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** 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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