Today is...
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!

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

This week is American Education Week

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History for November 18th 1307 -  William Tell shoots an apple off his son's head 1626 - St. Peter's Basilica is consecrated. 1883 - American and Canadian railroads institute five standard continental time zones. 1903- The Hay-Bunau-Varilla Treaty is signed by the United States and Panama   1997 - Willem de Kooning's painting "Two Standing Women" sells at an auction for $4.2 million ______________________________________________________ "Work spares us from three evils: boredom, vice, and need." --  Voltaire