Friday, November 14, 2025Daily Trivia Questions are below TODAY’S FOOD QUOTE“Dinner was made for eatin' not for talkin'.”
William Makepeace Thackeray (1811-1863)
FOOD HOLIDAYS - TODAY IS:• World Diabetes Day (Nov 14 each year)
[International Diabetes Federation] • National Spicy Guacamole Day
(Avocado Trivia & Facts -- Guacamole Recipes) • National Pickle Day (Pickle Trivia -- Pickle Recipes)
(Pickle Quotes) • National Split Pea Soup Week: Celebrated in the U.S. since 1969 (Nov 9-15, 2025 - 2nd week in Nov)
(Pea Soup Recipes --- Pea Quotes) • UK [National School Meals Week] (Nov 10-14, 2025) • UK: National Baking Week (always Oct 14-20) • Australia: [Recycling Week] (Nov 10-16, 2025)
TODAY IN FOOD HISTORY1832 The 'John Mason', the first horse-drawn streetcar, was demonstrated to officials in New York City. (see also Nov 26, 1832 for details) 1851 Herman Melville's novel 'Moby Dick' was published. Captain Ahab's search for the white whale. 1863 Leo Hendrik Baekeland was born. He was a chemist who invented Bakelite, the first plastic that did not soften when heated. Those black plastic knobs on stoves were made of bakelite. 1865 Prosper Montagne was born. Montagne was one of the great French chefs of all time. He is mainly remembered as the creator of ‘Larousse Gastronomique’ (1938), a comprehensive encyclopedia of French gastronomy. 1889 George S. Kaufman was born. A playwright, he wrote 'The Man Who Came to Dinner,' and the script for 'Cocoanuts' for the Marx Brothers. 1889 Nellie Bly (Elizabeth Jane Cochran), began her successful attempt to beat the record of Jules Verne's fictional Phileas Fogg to go 'Around the World in Eighty Days'. Bly was a U.S. newspaper reporter and completed the journey in 72 days, 6 hours, 11 minutes and 14 seconds. 1922 The BBC officially began daily radio broadcasting with the 6 p.m. news. 1950 Ricky Sharpe, a 13 year-old Junior Farmer from Alberta, wins the World Wheat Championship at the Royal Winter Fair in Toronto, Canada. His 18 lb sample of Marquis wheat was judged the finest.
(Wheat Trivia and facts --- Wheat Quotes) 1960 OPEC, the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, was formed. 1964 Nic Dalton of the music group 'Lemonheads' was born. 1972 The Dow Jones industrial average closed above 1,000 for the first time, closing at 1,003.16. 2011 Canada released the first of the country's newest banknotes - $100 bills made from a plastic polymer. (Money Quotes)
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** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** October 30-Nov 16, 2025 119th Edition of the State Fair of Louisiana - Shreveport, Louisiana November 7-16, 2025 Wurstfest
New Braunfels, Texas November 14, 2025 WhiskyFest - New York, NY November 14-16, 2025 - 54th Annual Waterfowl Festival - Easton, Maryland November 15-16, 2025 16th Annual Riverfest Seafood Festival - Ormond Beach, Florida November 16, 2025 New York BagelFest
Flushing, New York November 16, 2025 The Chocolate Expo
Lincoln, Rhode Island (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?
· Teflon coated frying pans were introduced.
· Julia Child's first book was published, 'Mastering the Art of French Cooking'
· General Mills introduced 'Total' breakfast cereal. 2) Gas ranges (stoves) were first introduced in the 1850s. Why did it take several decades for them to become popular? 3) In 1967 Wisconsin was the last state to finally permit the sale of what food product, but still maintained special taxes on it? 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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