Saturday, May 2, 2026Daily Trivia Questions are below TODAY’S FOOD QUOTE“A world without tomatoes is like a string quartet without violins.”
Laurie Colwin, ‘Home Cooking’ (1988)
FOOD HOLIDAYS - TODAY IS: World Tuna Day [UN Resolution]
(Tuna Facts & Trivia) Herb Day (May 2, 2026 - 1st Sat in May)
[Herb Day Coalition] Big Brew for National Homebrew Day - May 2, 2026 (1st Sat in May). [American Homebrewers Association] National Truffles Day (the confection) Stewardship Week - April 26-May 3, 2026 (last Sun in April to 1st Sun in May) [Nat’l Assoc. of Conservation Districts] To encourage conserving natural resources for our future. UK: National Gardening Week: April 27 - May 3, 2026 [Royal Horticultural Society] Encouraging gardners to share their love of gardening.
TODAY IN FOOD HISTORY1519 Leonardi da Vinci died (born April 15, 1452). Italian artist, etc, etc, etc. 1670 King Charles II of England granted a permanent charter to the Hudson's Bay Company, which gave the company a trading monopoly and effective control over a vast region surrounding North America's Hudson Bay. 1854 Hugh Rock of Boston, Massachusetts received the first U.S. design patent for a hairbrush. 1878 The U.S. stopped minting the 20 cent coin. 1878 At 7 a.m., the ‘Washburn A’ flour mill in Minneapolis exploded, sending the roof 500 feet in the air. 18 workers were killed and seven other flour mills were also destroyed. (Flour Trivia & Facts) 1880 The S.S. Columbia became the first U.S. steamboat to successfully employ electric lighting, installed in its passenger rooms and main salons. 1885 ‘Good Housekeeping’ magazine begins publication. Founded by Clark W. Bryan, the magazine was purchased by Hearst publishing in 1911. 1890 The Oklahoma Territory was organized.
(Oklahoma Food Trivia) 1903 Bejnamin Spock was born (died March 15, 1998). American pediatrician and author of the best selling 'Common Sense Book of Baby and Child Care' (1946) 1934 Sergey Vasilyevich Lebedev died. A Russian chemist who developed a method for large scale production of synthetic rubber. Production of polybutadiene was begun in 1932 using potatoes and limestone as raw materials. 1942 'Moonlight Cocktail' by Glenn Miller was #1 on the music charts. 1969 The Queen Elizabeth 2 (QE2) British luxury ocean liner left on her maiden voyage to New York. 1972 President Nixon signed the first proclamation of National Hunting and Fishing Day on the 4th Saturday in September. 1974 Filming for 'Jaws' began at Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts. (Shark Facts & Trivia) 1993 Julio Gallo died (born March 21, 1910). Co-founded E & J Gallo Winery with his brother Ernest in 1933. It is the largest winery in the U.S. with about 25% of the U.S. wine market.
(North American Wine Articles)
** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** April 23-May 3, 2026 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival - New Orleans, Louisiana April 23-June 21, 2026 Busch Gardens Food & Wine Festival - Williamsburg, Virginia April 24-May 3, 2026 Spring Georgia State Fair
Metro Atlanta, Hampton, Georgia May 1-3, 2026 Annual Isle of Eight Flags Shrimp Festival - Fernandina Beach, Florida May 1-9, 2026 131st Sequim Irrigation Festival
Sequim, Washington May 2-3, 2026 Bodega Bay Fisherman's Festival
Bodega Bay, California May 2-3, 2026 - 53rd Annual Maryland Sheep & Wool Festival - West Friendship, Maryland (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?
· Salsa sales overtakes ketchup sales for the first time.
· General Mills opens its 500th Red Lobster seafood restaurant, in Portland, Oregon.
· Arby's opens its 2,500 restaurant, in Mexico city.
· The world's largest McDonald's opened in Beijing, China, with seating for 700.
· The world's largest Burger King opened in Budapest. 2) a) Does corn always have an odd or an even number of rows on each ear?
b) Why?
c) How many pieces of silk are there on each ear? 3) a) Do you know who is generally considered to have invented Lemon Custard and when?
b) Who invented lemon meringue pie? 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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