Tuesday, December 16, 2025Daily Trivia Questions are below TODAY’S FOOD QUOTE“You arouse my gastronomic juices, madame.”
Hercule Poirot in 'The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding' by Agatha Christie
FOOD HOLIDAYS - TODAY IS: Tea Party Day (see 1773 below) National Chocolate Covered Anything Day
(Chocolate Trivia & Facts --- Chocolate Quotes)
TODAY IN FOOD HISTORY1773 The Boston Tea Party. A group of men dressed as Native Americans, boarded ships at Griffin's wharf and dumped hundreds of tea chests into Boston harbor. "No taxation without representation." The beginings of the American Revolution. 1777 Barbe-Nicole Clicquot was born (died July 29, 1866). The Grand Dame of Champagne. At age 27 she took over her husband Francois Clicquot's champagne house on his death. Today [Veuve Clicquot] is one of the great premium champagne houses in France. (Champagne Trivia)
(Champagne Articles --- Champagne Quotes) 1833 Seaman Asahel Knapp was born. An American agriculturist, he began the system which evolved into the U.S. Cooperative Extension Service. 1835 The original Delmonico & Brother Cafe at 23 William Street was destroyed by fire.
(Delmonico’s Trivia) [Delmonico’s website] 1863 Gerard Adriaan Heineken bought the Amsterdam brewery, 'The Haystack', which dated back to 1592. This was the beginning of Heineken beer. 1884 William H. Fruen of Minneapolis, Minnesota was granted a U.S patent for the first coin-operated, automatic, vending machine to dispense liquids. (U.S. patent #309,219) 1901 Rejected by several publishers, Beatrix Potter privately printed 250 copies of 'The Tale of Peter Rabbit' for family and friends. With color illustrations added, a trade edition was published by Frederick Warne & Co. in 1902 and was an immediate success. 1903 The Taj Mahal Palace & Tower opened in Mumbai, India's first Luxury hotel. 1965 British author, W. Somerset Maugham died. Among the titles of his novels and short stories are: 'Cakes and Ale', 'The Alien Corn' and 'The Breadwinner.' 1976 On the 'Barney Miller' TV show, Wojo's hippie girlfriend baked a batch of ‘special’ brownies for the precinct. 1980 Harland Sanders died at Shelbyville, Kentucky. Founder of Kentucky Fried Chicken fast food restaurant chain. (Kentucky Fried Chicken Trivia) 2004 Country Music singer Willie Nelson opened his own restaurant, the Texas Roadhouse Grill, in Austin, Texas.
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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 19-20, 2025 Winter Beer Festival
Seattle, Washington December 20-29, 2025 NOLA Christmasfest
New Orleans, Louisiana (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?
· The movie 'A Chef’s Voyage' premiered.
· Pakistan struggles to contain the most devastating locust swarms in 25 years.
· A man in Vienna, Austria was fined 500 euros ($536) for standing on a park bench and loudly breaking wind during an encounter with police.
· Former CEO of Bumble Bee Foods was sentenced to a 40 month jail term and a $100,000 fine for his role in a canned tuna price fixing conspiracy.
· Waffle House and Oconee Brewing Co. of Georgia released Bacon & Kegs, a bacon infused red ale. 2) An English dish originally from India, it will contain rice, lentil, and hard cooked eggs, with a rich cream sauce (bιchamel), sometimes with curry. The English version usually contains smoked fish, or cooked fish. Name this dish. 3) One of the few native American cheeses, this is a pungent, surface ripened cheese, with a pale yellow crust and semi soft interior. It was developed by Emil Frey of New York in 1882, and was named after a singing society. Name that cheese. 4) What citrus fruit is most likely a cross between a pomelo and a tangerine? 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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