Today is Friday, November 18, 2011 

National Vichyssoise Day

It’s National Vichyssoise Day! This holiday celebrates vichyssoise—a delicious thick, French-style soup made from potatoes, cream, chicken stock, leeks, and onions.

Traditionally served chilled, vichyssoise (pronounced “vee shee swahzz”) has a French name but was invented in America. It was created in 1917 by a French chef named Louis Diat when he was working at the Ritz-Carlton in New York. He named the dish after “Vichy,” a town near to where he grew up.  

Never tried vichyssoise? Find a recipe online and make it for dinner tonight!

November is National Pomegranate Month & Peanut Butter Lover's Month & Family Literacy Month

mages and text courtesy of MyPunchbowl.com" -- http://www.mypunchbowl.com/

History
for November 181820 - Captain Nathaniel Palmer became the first American to sight the continent of Antarctica. 

1865 - Samuel L. Clemens published "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" under the pen name "Mark Twain" in the New York "Saturday Press." 

1903 - The U.S. and Panama signed a treaty that granted the U.S. rights to build the Panama Canal. 

1928 - The first successful sound-synchronized animated cartoon premiered in New York. It was Walt Disney's "Steamboat Willie," starring Mickey Mouse. 

1956 - Fats Domino appeared on the Ed Sullivan show and performed his hit "Blueberry Hill." 

1959 - William Wyler's "Ben-Hur" premiered at Loew's Theater in New York City's Times Square. 

1990 - Paul McCartney's birth certificate sold for $18,000 in an auction. 

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"Contrary to what we usually believe, the best moments in our lives are not the passive, receptive, relaxing times--although such experiences can be enjoyable, if we have worked hard to attain them. The best moments usually occur when a person’s body or mind is stretched to its limits in a voluntary effort to accomplish something difficult and worthwhile." 

--Mihaly Csikszentmihayli