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Chef James

“The duty of a good Cuisinier is to transmit to the next generation everything he has learned and experienced.”
 
Fernand Point, 1941

FEATURED FOR NOVEMBER

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Thanksgiving and Christmas Articles

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Thanksgiving Trivia & Facts

Christmas Trivia  |  Christmas Quotes

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· Brined Roasted Turkey

· Sweet Potato Cooking Instructions

· Bourbon Mashed Sweet Potatoes

· Orange Glazed Sweet Potatoes

· Classic Green Bean Casserole

· Fresh Cranberry Relish

· Cornbread & Sausage Stuffing

· White Castle Turkey Stuffing

· Corn Bread Sausage & Apple Stuffing

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November Food Holidays:

For Details, History and more DAY, WEEK and MONTH Food Holiday designations, including LINKS to Holiday Origins and Additional Information:
SEE Detailed NOVEMBER Food Calendar

NOVEMBER is:

• American Diabetes Month

• Eat Smart Month

• Grains of the Month: Millet and Teff

• International Thank a Farmer Month
  (Farm Trivia  --   Farmers Quotes)

• National Bison Month:
   America's National Mammal
  (Bison Facts and Trivia)

• National Georgia Pecan Month
  (Pecan Trivia)

• National Peanut Butter Lovers' Month
  (Peanut Butter Trivia)
  (Peanut Butter Quotes)

• National Pepper Month (vegetable)
  (Peppers Trivia)

• National Pomegranate Month
  (Pomegranate Trivia)

• National Roasting Month
  (Roasting Articles)

• National Raisin Bread Month
  (Bread Recipes  |  Bread Tips)

• Sweet Potato Awareness Month
  (Sweet Potato Recipes  |  Tips)
  (Sweet Potato Trivia  |  Articles)
  (Sweet Potato Nutrition)

• World Vegan Month
  (Vegan & Vegetarian Recipes)

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DID YOU KNOW?

Cranberries were first cultivated around 1815 in Massachusetts. Today Wisconsin accounts for about 60% of U.S. cranberry production, with Massachusetts the second largest producer accounting for about 26% of the country's cranberries. Other major procucers are New Jersey and Oregon.

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Monday, November 11, 2024

Daily Trivia Questions are below

TODAY’S FOOD QUOTE

“For the millions of us who live glued to computer keyboards at work and TV monitors at home, food may be more than entertainment. It may be the only sensual experience left.”
Barbara Ehrenreich, author, social critic
 

FOOD HOLIDAYS - TODAY IS:

• Veterans Day (Armistice Day)

• National Sundae Day  (Ice Cream Trivia)
  (Ice Cream Recipes  ---  Ice Cream Quotes)

• St. Menas of Egypt, patron of travelling merchants.
• St. Martin's Day, patron of drunkards, harvests, horses, innkeepers.

• National Split Pea Soup Week: Celebrated in the U.S. since 1969  (Nov 10-16, 2024 - 2nd week in Nov)
  (Pea Soup Recipes  ---  Pea Quotes)

• Australia: [Recycling Week] (Nov 11-17, 2024)

• UK [National School Meals Week] (Nov 11-15, 2024)
 

TODAY IN FOOD HISTORY

1620 The Mayflower Compact was signed (Nov 21 by the new Gregorian Calendar).
See November 21, 1620 for details.

1790 Chrysanthemums were introduced to England from China. Both the greens and blossoms are edible, and are particularly popular in Japan, China and Vietnam.

1873 John T. Dorrance was born (died Sept 21, 1930).  An American chemist, he developed a method to make condensed soup, and served as president of Campbell Soup Co. from 1914 to 1930.
(Campbell’s Soup Trivia  ---  Soup Quotes)

1885 Dr. John M. Riggs died (born Oct 25, 1811). First surgeon to operate on a patient under anaesthesia when he extracted a tooth using nitrous oxide (laughing gas) on Dec 11, 1844 in Hartford, Connecticut.

1918 Karen Hess, culinary historian was born (died May 15, 2007). Some of her books were 'The Taste of America' (1977) and 'Carolina Rice Kitchen: The African Connection' (1992). She also annotated Mary Randolph's 'Virginia Housewife' (1983).

1933 The first great dust storm occurred on the Great Plains. The 'Black Blizzard' buried roads and vehicles from Texas to Canada under drifts as deep as 6 feet.

1938 Typhoid Mary (Mary Mallon) died at North Brother Island, New York City. She was an infamous household cook who was responsible for major outbreaks of typhoid in the New York City area in 1904, 1907, and 1914. She was immune to typhoid, but was a carrier of the bacillus, and spread it wherever she worked as a household cook.
(See also March 27, 1915).

1945 Vincent Martell of the music group 'Vanilla Fudge' was born.

1995 The Smashing Pumpkins' album 'Mellon Collie & The Infinite Sadness' was number 1 on the charts.

2006 A Hong Kong real estate tycoon and his wife paid $160,000 for a 3.3 pound Italian Alba white truffle.  (Truffle Trivia and Facts  ---  Truffle Quotes)

 

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A FEW FEATURED FOOD FESTIVALS
(See All 9,000 Food, Wine & Beer Festivals)

October 30-Nov 17, 2024  118th Edition of the State Fair of Louisiana - Shreveport, Louisiana

November 7-17, 2024  Greater Jacksonville Agricultural Fair - Jacksonville, Florida

November 8-17, 2024  San Francisco Restaurant Week - San Francisco, California

November 8-17, 2024  Jersey Shore Restaurant Week
Jersey Shore, New Jersey

November 16, 2024  Gobble Up Seattle - Washington

November 17, 2024  The Chocolate Expo
Lincoln, Rhode Island

(SEE ALL FOOD FESTIVALS and OTHER FOOD EVENTS)
 

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FOOD TRIVIA QUIZ    (new DAILY questions)

1) All of the following events took place in the same year. What year is it?
· The first quart beer cans appeared.
· Sylvan Goldman & Fred Young invented the first shopping cart.
· The 5th Avenue candy bar was introduced.

2) A biennial Eurasian plant of the goosefoot family, usually having a swollen edible root; widely cultivated as a food crop. An old Harper's Bazaar article says they are good for removing wrinkles and bags under the eyes.
  a) potatoes.  b) rutabagas.  c) beets.
  d) kohlrabi.  e) carrots.

3) This Chinese fruit of the soapberry family, has a thin brittle shell enclosing a sweet jellylike pulp and a single seed, often dried. The most desirable varieties have atrophied seeds which are called "chicken tongue." They are sweet, with a slightly acid flavor.  Name this fruit.

Click Here for 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
 

TOP

· Turkey Tips
· Turkey Trivia
· Turkey Quotes
· Goose Trivia
· Sweet Potato Tips
· Cranberry Trivia
· Cranberry Tips

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A FOOD LIFE

"There are those who say that a life devoted to food -- cooking it, eating it, writing about it, even dreaming about it -- is a frivolous life, an indulgent life.  I would disagree.  If we do not care what we eat, we do not care for ourselves, and if we do not care for ourselves, how can we care for others?"
Fictional cookery writer Hilary Small, in episode 6, series 2 of 'Pie In the Sky'

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Classic Fish and Seafood Recipes
 

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DID YOU KNOW?

Noodles are a type of pasta which have ribbon-like shapes and are generally made with eggs. In the U.S., pasta labeled “egg noodle” must contain 5.5 percent egg solids by weight.

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IN SEASON FOR AUTUMN

VEGETABLES
(Recipes  --  Tips)
Beets
Bell Peppers
Broccoli
Brussels Sprouts
Cabbage
Carrots
Cauliflower
Celery
Collard Greens
Cranberries
Green Beans
Kale
Lettuce
Mushrooms
Onions
Parsnips
Peas
Potatoes
Pumpkin
Radishes
Rutabagas
Spinach
Sweet Potatoes & Yams
Swiss Chard
Turnips
Winter Squash

FRUITS (Tips)
Apples
Bananas
Grapes
Kiwifruit
Lemons & Limes
Mangos
Pears
Pineapples
Pomegranates
Raspberries

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DID YOU KNOW?

One cow produces about 350,000 glasses of milk in her lifetime.

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