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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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June Food Holidays:

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

JUNE is:

• California Avocado Month
Peak California Avocado Season

• Georgia Blueberry Month
Peak season for Georgia blueberries

• Grain of the Month: Sorghum

• Men’s Health Month

• National Candy Month

• National Dairy Month

• National Dairy Alternative Month

• National Fresh Fruit and Vegetables Month (Sept is Fruit & Veggies Month)

• National Iced Tea Month

• National Mango Month
Peak month for fresh mangos.

• National Papaya Month
(also September)

• National Soul Food Month

• National Steakhouse Month

• Turkey Lovers' Month

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DID YOU KNOW?

Cherrapunji, India has an average annual rainfall of 498 inches per year, the highest rainfall of any place on earth.
 

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Wednesday, June 18, 2025

Daily Trivia Questions are below

TODAY’S FOOD QUOTE

“Fish is the only food that is considered spoiled once it smells like what it is.”
P. J. O'Rourke (1947 - 2022)
 

FOOD HOLIDAYS - TODAY IS:

• International Picnic Day (Picnic Trivia)

• National Go Fishing Day  (Fishing Trivia & Facts)
  (Fish Quotes)

• International Sushi Day (Ordering Sushi)

• [National Pollinator Week] (June 16-22, 2025) Birds, bats, bees, butterflies, beetles, and other small mammals that pollinate plants are responsible for bringing us one out of every three bites of food.

• Dairy Goat Awareness Week (June 14-21, 2025 - 2nd to 3rd Sat in June) [American Dairy Goat Assn]
(Goat Trivia & Facts)

• UK: [National Picnic Week] (June 14-21, 2025)
  (Picnic Trivia & Facts)
 

TODAY IN FOOD HISTORY

1816 Thomas Henry died (born Oct 26, 1734). An apothecary in Manchester, England, he was the first to produce artifically carbonated water for sale.
(Seltzer Trivia & Facts)

1865 Edmund Ruffin died. He was a pioneer in the study of soil chemistry in the U.S.

1892 Macadamia nuts were first planted in Hawaii.
(Macadamia Nut Trivia  --  Hawaii Food Trivia & Facts)

1897 Juliet Corson died. Librarian, cookery teacher and writer, founder of the New York Cooking School in 1876. Her books include 'Cooking Manual' (1877), 'Twenty-five Cent Dinners for Families of Six' (1878), and 'Miss Corson's Practical American Cookery' (1886)

1898 Atlantic City, NJ opened its Steel Pier (boardwalk). The world-famous Steel Pier had 9 miles of food, beverages, concessions, amusements, concerts, etc. Ed McMahon, of the Johnny Carson Show and Publisher's Clearing House fame, was a barker on the pier in his youth.
(New Jersey Food Trivia)

1913 Robert Mondavi was born. A leading Napa Valley vintner. (North American Wines Articles)

1964 The African Groundnut Council was founded in Dakar.

1993 So-called 'killer bees,' Africanized honey bees, have reached Tucson, Arizona; a small dog was killed from a bee attack. Their original source was Brazil, where African bees were imported for experimental cross breeding.  (Bee Trivia and Facts)

2020 Coronavirus: To mask or not to mask, that is the question.
 

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

June 1-30, 2025 - Idaho Wine and Cider Month
Statewide, Idaho

June 11-July 6, 2025  San Diego County Fair
Del Mar, California

June 17-21, 2025  Annual West Virginia Interstate Fair - Mineral Wells, West Virginia

June 18-21, 2025  Annual Ice Cream Days
Le Mars, Iowa

June 19-21, 2025  64th Annual Stonewall Peach JAMboree and Rodeo - Stonewall, Texas

June 19-22, 2025  Cranberry Blossom Festival
Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin

June 21-22, 2025  33rd Annual Giant National Capital Barbecue Battle - Washington D.C.

(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?
· California ordered mandatory water restrictions for the first time in history. Cities and towns must cut water usage by 25%, due to a drought emergency.
· Burger King opened its first restaurant in Mongolia
· The SpaceX supply ship brought groceries, supplies and an ISSpresso espresso machine to the International Space Station.
· California’s ban on the sale of foie gras was ruled illegal because it encroaches on the regulatory domain of the federal government.
· The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) reported that the amount of fish in the oceans has declined by 50% since 1970.

2) How many pounds of mustard are consumed in the world each year?

3) Queen Victoria was given a giant wheel of Cheddar cheese as a wedding gift that weighed over 1,000 pounds.
How much does a normal wheel of Cheddar weigh?
  [a] 5 to 15 pounds.  [b] 20 to 30 pounds.
  [c] 30 to 50 pounds.  [d] 60 to 75 pounds.
  [e] 100 to 125 pounds.

4) Known as Oreille de Mer in France, Awabi In Japan, Paua In New Zealand, Mutton Fish in Australia, Loco in various South American countries, and Ormer or Venus ear in England. What is it known as in the U.S.?
  [a] yellowtail snapper.  [b] wood ear mushroom.
  [c] abalone.  [d] scallop.  [e] mussel.

Click Here for Today’s Quiz Answers

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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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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 earliest known mention of cherries is in Theophrastus (372-272 B.C.) 'History of Plants', in which he indicated that cherries had been cultivated for hundreds of years in Greece.
 

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IN SEASON FOR SPRING

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?

Sushi actually means vinegared rice and does not need to contain raw fish at all. It is a rice dish which may include vegetables, cooked fish, raw fish, poultry, or other proteins.
 

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