OCTOBER 18
Today in Food History• National Chocolate Cupcake Day
(Cupcake Recipes --- Cupcake Trivia) • [Hagfish Day] (Oct 18, 2023 3rd Wed) Jawless, boneless, and scaleless, Hagfish ooze slime to smother their prey and evade predators. • St. Luke's Day, patron of butchers. • UK: [Coffee Week] (October 16-22, 2023) The nation’s largest celebration of coffee, all for a good cause. • UK: National Baking Week (Oct 14-20, 2023) • UK: Seed Gathering Season (Sept 23-Oct 23, 2023
[The Tree Council] Gather seeds, fruits and nuts which can be nurtured to grow the trees of the future.
On this day in:1616 Nicholas Culpeper was born (died Jan 10, 1654). English botanist and herbalist. He published the 'Complete Herbal' (1653) containing a comprehensive list of English medicinal herbs and their uses. 1753 Jean Jacques Regis de Cambaceres was born. A French politician and gourmet. A gastronomic contemporary and rival of Talleyrand and Carême. The dinners he gave were famous, and Cambaceres closely supervised the food preparation. He refused to admit late-comers, and was also said to have demanded complete silence while dining. 1871 Charles Babbage died. He invented the adding machine, and among his other inventions is the cowcatcher, the V shaped front end on locomotives. 1878 Thomas Edison made electricity available for household usage. 1892 The first long distance telephone line between Chicago and New York City was put in service. 1915 Victor Sen Yung was born (died Nov 1, 1980). American character actor, he played the cook Hop Sing on the TV show 'Bonanza'. He also played Charlie Chan's son, Jimmy Chan in numerous Charlie Chan movies. 1919 William Waldorf Astor Born. William Waldorf Astor was a cousin of John Jacob Astor IV, the great grandson of John Jacob Astor. He built the Waldorf section (1893) of what would become the Waldorf Astoria (1897). The Empire State Building (1929) now stands on the site. 1931 Thomas Alva Edison, "the wizard of Menlo Park" died. 
1945 James T. Ehler was born. That’s me - Chef and food writer and the author of this Culinary Calendar and the Food Reference Website.
1966 S.S. Kresge died (born July 31, 1867). An American merchant who started a chain of variety stores. Renamed Kmart Corp. in 1977, which evolved into Sears Holdings Corp, parent of Sears and Kmart stores. 1969 Cyclamate, a non-caloric sweetener, was banned. Discovered in 1937, and widely used in the food industry, cyclamate was found to cause cancer in laboratory rats. Cyclamate is still used in many countries around the world. 1998 The 3,000 room Bellagio Hotel and Casino opened in Las Vegas, Nevada.
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