Walt Whitman was born today in 1819.
The luncheon suggestion for today from 365 Luncheon Dishes (from 1902) is Creamy Clam Chowder. Today's so-called exotic dish suggestion from the 365 Foreign Dishes, published in 1908, is what they call French Lemon Cookies. Sounds like they'd both be a lovely part of a nice luncheon!