FoodReference.com (since 1999)

FOOD CALENDAR & TIMELINE SECTION

 

   Home   |   Articles   |   Food_Trivia   |   TODAY_in_FOOD_HISTORY   |   Food_Timeline   |   Recipes   |   Cooking_Tips   |   Videos   |   Food_Quotes   |   Who’s_Who   |   Food_Poems   |   Culinary Schools_&_Tours   |   Food_Trivia_Quizzes   |   Free_Magazines   |   Food_Festivals

Today in Food History, Timeline & Food Holidays: National Food Days, Weeks & Months

You are here > Home

Today in Food HistoryJUNE >  June 8

Next

JANUARY  |  FEBRUARY  |  MARCH  |  APRIL  |  MAY  |  JUNE  |  JULY
AUGUST  |  SEPTEMBER  |  OCTOBER  |  NOVEMBER  |  DECEMBER

Food Timeline - 50,000 BC to 2021

FOOD FESTIVALS

 

FREE Magazines
and other Publications

Free Professional and Technical Research, White Papers, Case Studies, Magazines, and eBooks

 

See Also
Food Festival Section

 

JUNE 8 - Today in Food History

• [World Oceans Day]: A global day of ocean celebration and collaboration for a better future for this amazing resource that we all depend on.

• National Jelly Filled Doughnut Day

• Chicken Tetrazzini Day (see 1871 below)
  (Chicken Tetrazzini Recipe -- Chicken Tetrazzini Trivia)

• Maple on Creme Fraiche Day (see 1985 below)

• Medard of Noyon Day, patron for good harvests and brewers.

Capitol Hill Ocean Week (June 6-8, 2023) [National Marine Sanctuary Foundation] Explore the ocean-climate connection and how we can make ocean conservation part of climate strategies and nationally determined contributions to address climate change. 

Alex's Lemonade Days (June 3-11, 2023) [Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation]  (Lemonade Recipes)

National Garden Week (June 4-10, 2023)
  [National Garden Clubs Inc]

• National Fishing & Boating Week: (June 3-11, 2023)
  [Recreational Boating & Fishing Foundation]
  (Articles About Fish & Fishing)

• UK: British Tomato Fortnight: May 29-June 11, 2023
  [British Tomato Growers’ Association]

  (Tomato Trivia  --  Tomato Recipes  -  Tomato Quotes)
 

On this day in:

1784 Marie-Antoine Careme was born (died Jan 12, 1833). The "chef of kings and the king of chefs."

1786 In New York City, the first advertisement for commercially made ice cream is published in the 'Post Boy.'  The ice cream was for sale at City Tavern.
(Ice Cream Trivia & Facts)

1824 A washing machine was patented by Noah Cushing of Quebec. This was the first Canadian patent ever issued.

1848 Franklin Hiram King was born. American agricultural scientist and inventor of the cylindrical tower silo.

1859 Walter Hunt died. Hunt invented the first safety pin ('dress pin') in 1849.

1869 The first American patent for a sweeping machine was issued to Ives W. McGaffney of Chicago.

1871 Luisa Tetrazzini born. Italian operatic soprano. Chicken Tetrazzini, created by an American chef (San Francisco?), was named in her honor.

1880 At the 1st International Miller's Exhibition in Cincinnati, Ohio, Washburn Crosby Co. of Minnesota (forerunner of General Mills) won 3 top medals for their flour, including the 'Gold Medal' for Superlative Flour. They adopted 'Gold Medal' as the name of their best flour.  (Flour Trivia and Facts)

1926 Dame Nellie Melba gave her farewell performance. Melba toast and Peach Melba were named in her honor.
(Peach Melba Recipe)

Titan Arum

1937 World's largest flower blooms at the NY Botanical Garden, the giant Sumatran Titan Arum (Amorphophallus titanum), 8½ feet high and 4 feet in diameter. Its odor is like that of a putrid, rotting corpse.
(Photo: U.S. Botanical Gardens)

1953 The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that segregated eating places in Washington, D.C. were unconstitutional.

1965 The merger of Pepsi-Cola and Frito-Lay was approved by shareholders of both companies, forming the new company PepsiCo, Inc.

1985 Creme Fraiche won the Belmont Stakes, ridden by Jockey Eddie Maple.

1992 The U.N. Commission on Sustainable Development was created.

2001 The movie 'Swordfish' opened in U.S. theatres.

2018 Anthony Bourdain died (born June 25, 1956).  He died of an apparant suicide. Influential American celebrity chef, author ('Kitchen Confidential') and culinary traveler.  Host of  'A Cook's Tour', 'Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations' and 'Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown'. [www.travelchannel.com/shows/anthony-bourdain]
 

 

  Home   |   About Us & Contact Us   |   Food History Articles   |   Bibliography   |   Other Links  

Please feel free to link to any pages of FoodReference.com from your website.  For permission to use any of this content please E-mail: james@foodreference.com   All contents are copyright © 1990 - 2024 James T. Ehler and www.FoodReference.com unless otherwise noted.  All rights reserved.  You may copy and use portions of this website for non-commercial, personal use only.  Any other use of these materials without prior written authorization is not very nice and violates the copyright.  Please take the time to request permission.



 

FoodReference.com Logo

 

Popular Pages

World Cuisine
Food Festivals
Food Poems