February 4

Today in 1818, Keats, Shelley, and Leigh Hunt competed with each other to make the best sonnet about the Nile; Hunt won with

It flows through old hushed Egypt and its sands, 
Like some grave mighty thought threading a dream, 
And times and things, as in that vision, seem 
Keeping along it their eternal stands…

Today's national Stuffed Mushroom Day. My son-in-law makes my favorite of those...

Today's so-called exotic dish suggestion from the 365 Foreign Dishes, published in 1908, is what they call Russian Omelet, basically an omelet seasoned with shallots and caviar.