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@daysonaplate.bsky.social
A flavour profile of each day drawn from its food & drink associations with the arts and culture as well as gastronomy.
"The most powerful social media... it is not the internet, it is not Facebook - it is food. This connects all human beings" - Alex Atala
"The most powerful social media... it is not the internet, it is not Facebook - it is food. This connects all human beings" - Alex Atala
The delightful @nigella.bsky.social let us know that 6 January was Epiphany - and shared that it's also her birthday. So a big belated many happy returns to the celebrated cook and writer. Take up her recommendation to follow French tradition (and her #RecipeoftheDay, of course) 🥂🎉🍜
It’s Epiphany! And #RecipeOfTheDay celebrates it French-style with puff pastry and frangipane, in other words, this Galette des Rois👑 www.nigella.com/recipes/gale...
Galette Des Rois
I should come clean about my interest in the traditions of the Epiphany: it also happens to be my birthday, and I am more than ready to follow French tradition by eating this. The galette itself is si...
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January 7, 2026 at 11:27 AM
The delightful @nigella.bsky.social let us know that 6 January was Epiphany - and shared that it's also her birthday. So a big belated many happy returns to the celebrated cook and writer. Take up her recommendation to follow French tradition (and her #RecipeoftheDay, of course) 🥂🎉🍜
English photographer Yevonde Middleton (born 5 Jan 1893) pioneered the use of colour in portrait photography. Her 'intensely hued scenarios' - like 'Shelling Peas' - provided wry observations for readers of 1930s women's magazines (National Portrait Gallery, London) 🍜
www.npg.org.uk/collections/...
www.npg.org.uk/collections/...
January 6, 2026 at 4:30 PM
English photographer Yevonde Middleton (born 5 Jan 1893) pioneered the use of colour in portrait photography. Her 'intensely hued scenarios' - like 'Shelling Peas' - provided wry observations for readers of 1930s women's magazines (National Portrait Gallery, London) 🍜
www.npg.org.uk/collections/...
www.npg.org.uk/collections/...
German folklorist Jakob Grimm (born #onthisday 4 Jan 1785) "conjured up countless images of food in fairy tales including a pot that makes endless amounts of porridge; a table that covers itself with every kind of food and a feast that only someone with an extraordinary appetite can consume" 🍜👇
January 4, 2026 at 1:09 PM
German folklorist Jakob Grimm (born #onthisday 4 Jan 1785) "conjured up countless images of food in fairy tales including a pot that makes endless amounts of porridge; a table that covers itself with every kind of food and a feast that only someone with an extraordinary appetite can consume" 🍜👇
On the anniversary of the birth of English fantasy writer J. R. R. Tolkien (#onthisday 3 Jan 1892), some time-honoured words he gave Thorin, the leader of the Company of Dwarves, in 'The Hobbit' - Tolkien's debut novel introducing his richly imagined world of Middle Earth 🍜 #food #hobbit
January 3, 2026 at 4:15 PM
Getting ready to eat was a shared theme between two artists who also shared birthdays on 2 January... 'Food is Prepared' (below left) by Danish Neoclassical painter Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersburg (born 1783) and 'Preparing the Meal' by Belgian genre painter Adolphe Alexandre Dillens (born 1821) 🍜
January 3, 2026 at 9:30 AM
Getting ready to eat was a shared theme between two artists who also shared birthdays on 2 January... 'Food is Prepared' (below left) by Danish Neoclassical painter Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersburg (born 1783) and 'Preparing the Meal' by Belgian genre painter Adolphe Alexandre Dillens (born 1821) 🍜
One of the greatest leftovers. . . the world lost Dutch still life master Pieter Claesz #onthisday (1 Jan 1661) but his legacy as a pioneer of tabletop still life painting remains. See comments for the full richness and meaning of the ingredients of his classic 'Still Life with a Turkey Pie' 🍜👇
January 1, 2026 at 4:56 PM
One of the greatest leftovers. . . the world lost Dutch still life master Pieter Claesz #onthisday (1 Jan 1661) but his legacy as a pioneer of tabletop still life painting remains. See comments for the full richness and meaning of the ingredients of his classic 'Still Life with a Turkey Pie' 🍜👇
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Chef Virginie is one of WCK's Haitian team members. She's up before sunrise cooking for communities displaced by violence. Using local ingredients, our teams are preparing meals like 'soupe joumou'—a beloved soup typically eaten on January 1st to celebrate independence & emancipation. #ChefsForHaiti
January 1, 2026 at 3:49 PM
Chef Virginie is one of WCK's Haitian team members. She's up before sunrise cooking for communities displaced by violence. Using local ingredients, our teams are preparing meals like 'soupe joumou'—a beloved soup typically eaten on January 1st to celebrate independence & emancipation. #ChefsForHaiti
There's a 4 December link between Spam, Fray Bentos and Burger King. In 1860 #onthisday, Spam company founder George A. Hormel was born; in 1865, Fray Bentos manufacturers Liebig Extract of Meat Company was formed in London and in 1954, Miami hosted the opening of the first Burger King 🙂🍜
December 4, 2025 at 4:23 PM
There's a 4 December link between Spam, Fray Bentos and Burger King. In 1860 #onthisday, Spam company founder George A. Hormel was born; in 1865, Fray Bentos manufacturers Liebig Extract of Meat Company was formed in London and in 1954, Miami hosted the opening of the first Burger King 🙂🍜
If you've ever wondered what #foodanddrink fuels brilliance and innovation, in the case of French movie director Jean-Luc Godard (born #onthisday 3 Dec 1930) it was simply constant omelettes and beer, according to a colleague. Oh "and an apple for breakfast" 🍜
www.theguardian.com/film/2022/de...
www.theguardian.com/film/2022/de...
Jean-Luc Godard remembered by Caroline Champetier
The cinematographer recalls working with the radical French director, a man who transformed cinema and survived on omelettes and beer
www.theguardian.com
December 3, 2025 at 12:30 PM
If you've ever wondered what #foodanddrink fuels brilliance and innovation, in the case of French movie director Jean-Luc Godard (born #onthisday 3 Dec 1930) it was simply constant omelettes and beer, according to a colleague. Oh "and an apple for breakfast" 🍜
www.theguardian.com/film/2022/de...
www.theguardian.com/film/2022/de...
Storytelling American photographer Bill Arnold (born #onthisday 28 Nov 1941) is never without a camera. Which explains his specific instruction for making his Melted Cheese Sandwich to place it in a hot oven "being careful not to let your camera slip off your shoulder” 🍜
food52.com/story/16527-...
food52.com/story/16527-...
November 28, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Storytelling American photographer Bill Arnold (born #onthisday 28 Nov 1941) is never without a camera. Which explains his specific instruction for making his Melted Cheese Sandwich to place it in a hot oven "being careful not to let your camera slip off your shoulder” 🍜
food52.com/story/16527-...
food52.com/story/16527-...
While the focus is on Thanksgiving Day in the USA, in France it's also St Siffrein’s Feast Day - said to be the traditional start of the Black Truffle Market in Carpentras, Provence - and in the UK, it's Lancashire Day, a region that's home to the hearty hotpot of lamb and potatoes #onthisday 🍜
November 27, 2025 at 4:47 PM
While the focus is on Thanksgiving Day in the USA, in France it's also St Siffrein’s Feast Day - said to be the traditional start of the Black Truffle Market in Carpentras, Provence - and in the UK, it's Lancashire Day, a region that's home to the hearty hotpot of lamb and potatoes #onthisday 🍜
Of all the gin joints... one of the iconic cocktails served at Rick's Bar when Oscar-winning movie Casablanca starring Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman (pictured) premiered in New York #onthisday (26 Nov 1942) was the French 75 (gin, Champagne, lemon juice and sugar). So let's drink it again 🍸🍜
November 26, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Of all the gin joints... one of the iconic cocktails served at Rick's Bar when Oscar-winning movie Casablanca starring Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman (pictured) premiered in New York #onthisday (26 Nov 1942) was the French 75 (gin, Champagne, lemon juice and sugar). So let's drink it again 🍸🍜
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It’s Kanelbullens Dag, that’s to say, Cinnamon Bun Day in Sweden. And while I mean no disrespect to Norway and Iceland, who also mark this day, it’s Swedish Cinnamon Buns that are #RecipeOfTheDay!
www.nigella.com/recipes/swed...
www.nigella.com/recipes/swed...
Swedish Cinnamon Buns
Swedish Cinnamon Buns are not radically different from other cinnamon buns (and do see my Norwegian Cinnamon Buns), but they do diverge in one fundamental way: rather than having the fluffiness of, sa...
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October 4, 2025 at 10:08 AM
It’s Kanelbullens Dag, that’s to say, Cinnamon Bun Day in Sweden. And while I mean no disrespect to Norway and Iceland, who also mark this day, it’s Swedish Cinnamon Buns that are #RecipeOfTheDay!
www.nigella.com/recipes/swed...
www.nigella.com/recipes/swed...
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When the US Government Commissioned 7,497 Watercolor Paintings of Every Known Fruit in the World (1886)
When the US Government Commissioned 7,497 Watercolor Paintings of Every Known Fruit in the World (1886)
A picture is worth 1000 words, especially when you are a late-19th or early-20th century horticulturist eager to protect intellectual property rights to newly cultivated varieties of fruit.
Or an art...
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September 24, 2025 at 5:02 AM
When the US Government Commissioned 7,497 Watercolor Paintings of Every Known Fruit in the World (1886)
English 18th century literary giant Samuel Johnson - born #onthisday (18 Sept 1709) - made lasting contributions as a poet, playwright, essayist, moralist, literary critic, sermonist, biographer, editor and lexicographer. But he kept his words to a damning minimum when it came to cucumbers 🍜
September 18, 2025 at 4:22 PM
English 18th century literary giant Samuel Johnson - born #onthisday (18 Sept 1709) - made lasting contributions as a poet, playwright, essayist, moralist, literary critic, sermonist, biographer, editor and lexicographer. But he kept his words to a damning minimum when it came to cucumbers 🍜
America found itself subject to imperial rule #onthisday (17 Sept 1859) when Joshua Abraham Norton, a resident of San Francisco, proclaimed himself “Norton I, Emperor of the United States” in a city newspaper. One of the responses to his eccentric declaration was the blanket offer of free meals 🍜
September 17, 2025 at 6:30 PM
America found itself subject to imperial rule #onthisday (17 Sept 1859) when Joshua Abraham Norton, a resident of San Francisco, proclaimed himself “Norton I, Emperor of the United States” in a city newspaper. One of the responses to his eccentric declaration was the blanket offer of free meals 🍜
It's said that the earliest Spanish cookbook was written in the Catalan language so imagine the culinary delights for La Diada - Catalonia's national day #onthisday (11 Sept). Yet its staple food couldn't be simpler - 'pa amb tomáquet', toasted bread, salt, rubbed with tomato, ended with olive oil 🍜
September 11, 2025 at 6:09 PM
It's said that the earliest Spanish cookbook was written in the Catalan language so imagine the culinary delights for La Diada - Catalonia's national day #onthisday (11 Sept). Yet its staple food couldn't be simpler - 'pa amb tomáquet', toasted bread, salt, rubbed with tomato, ended with olive oil 🍜
"Shows known in the industry as 'stand and stir' fell off a cliff this year. . . elsewhere, however, food videos are booming - only they're not made by traditional production companies. Instead, they are on YouTube, Instagram and TikTok."
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
What the 'cronut' tells us about why TV cooking shows are dying
The curious case of why the UK has fallen out of love with once-beloved 'chop and chat' food shows.
www.bbc.co.uk
September 11, 2025 at 7:31 AM
"Shows known in the industry as 'stand and stir' fell off a cliff this year. . . elsewhere, however, food videos are booming - only they're not made by traditional production companies. Instead, they are on YouTube, Instagram and TikTok."
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
English painter Beryl Cook (born #onthisday 10 Sep 1926)
typically painted working-class subjects in familiar places: "the pub, the market, the picnic in the park. Crucially, she often depicted those subjects enjoying classic English meals – fish and chips, fry-ups, pasties."
@vittles.bsky.social 🍜
typically painted working-class subjects in familiar places: "the pub, the market, the picnic in the park. Crucially, she often depicted those subjects enjoying classic English meals – fish and chips, fry-ups, pasties."
@vittles.bsky.social 🍜
September 10, 2025 at 8:32 PM
English painter Beryl Cook (born #onthisday 10 Sep 1926)
typically painted working-class subjects in familiar places: "the pub, the market, the picnic in the park. Crucially, she often depicted those subjects enjoying classic English meals – fish and chips, fry-ups, pasties."
@vittles.bsky.social 🍜
typically painted working-class subjects in familiar places: "the pub, the market, the picnic in the park. Crucially, she often depicted those subjects enjoying classic English meals – fish and chips, fry-ups, pasties."
@vittles.bsky.social 🍜
Mob leader Paulie's painstaking preparation of garlic with a razor for a prison meal pasta starter - so it would "liquefy in the pan" - was one of the many extraordinary moments of the Oscar-winning film 'Goodfellas', which premiered #onthisday (9 Sept 1990) at the Venice Film Festival 🍜
September 9, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Mob leader Paulie's painstaking preparation of garlic with a razor for a prison meal pasta starter - so it would "liquefy in the pan" - was one of the many extraordinary moments of the Oscar-winning film 'Goodfellas', which premiered #onthisday (9 Sept 1990) at the Venice Film Festival 🍜
Seems very fitting that the start of #NationalRiceWeek in the UK (8-14 Sept) should fall on the birthday of rice aficionado Prince Louis II de Condé #onthisday (8 Sept 1621) - a French general after whom several dishes were named, including Riz Condé, a chic caramelised pineapple rice pudding 🍜
September 8, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Seems very fitting that the start of #NationalRiceWeek in the UK (8-14 Sept) should fall on the birthday of rice aficionado Prince Louis II de Condé #onthisday (8 Sept 1621) - a French general after whom several dishes were named, including Riz Condé, a chic caramelised pineapple rice pudding 🍜
If Trip Advisor had been around in the 18th century, an establishment in the English town of Andover, Hampshire, wouldn't have been too happy to receive this review from John Byng, Fifth Viscount Torrington. He used his diary #onthisday (7 Sep 1782) to record his less-than-favourable impressions 🍜
September 7, 2025 at 11:40 AM
If Trip Advisor had been around in the 18th century, an establishment in the English town of Andover, Hampshire, wouldn't have been too happy to receive this review from John Byng, Fifth Viscount Torrington. He used his diary #onthisday (7 Sep 1782) to record his less-than-favourable impressions 🍜
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Explore an Online Archive of 12,700 Vintage Cookbooks
Explore an Online Archive of 12,700 Vintage Cookbooks
“Early cookbooks were fit for kings,” writes Henry Notaker at The Atlantic. “The oldest published recipe collections” in the 15th and 16th centuries in Western Europe “emanated from the palaces of mon...
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September 5, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Explore an Online Archive of 12,700 Vintage Cookbooks
'Crisp and clean, no caffeine' is a message from tea drinking Wu Tang Clan hip-hoppers GZA and RZA that definitely didn't get through to Bill Murray judging by his swilling style during their cameo conversation in Jim Jarmusch's film 'Coffee and Cigarettes' which premiered #onthisday (5 Sept 2003) 🍜
September 5, 2025 at 4:38 PM
'Crisp and clean, no caffeine' is a message from tea drinking Wu Tang Clan hip-hoppers GZA and RZA that definitely didn't get through to Bill Murray judging by his swilling style during their cameo conversation in Jim Jarmusch's film 'Coffee and Cigarettes' which premiered #onthisday (5 Sept 2003) 🍜
He wrote intense novels and was a political giant but the name of Frenchman François-René de Chateaubriand (born #onthisday 4 Sep 1768) lives on thanks more to a prime cut of beef tenderloin that he enjoyed prepared especially by his chef - the luxury that is known today as Steak Chateaubriand 🍜
September 4, 2025 at 4:53 PM
He wrote intense novels and was a political giant but the name of Frenchman François-René de Chateaubriand (born #onthisday 4 Sep 1768) lives on thanks more to a prime cut of beef tenderloin that he enjoyed prepared especially by his chef - the luxury that is known today as Steak Chateaubriand 🍜