9 June 2013

vichyssoise

[vish-ee-swahz, vee-shee-swahz]

noun

– a cream soup of potatoes and leeks, usually served chilled and often garnished with chopped chives.

Origin:
1915–20; < French ( crême ) vichyssoise (cream soup) of Vichy

Today’s aphorism

Be curious, not judgmental.

– Walt Whitman

On this day

9 June 1915 – birthday of Les Paul, (born Lester William Polsfuss) American musician and inventor of the solid body electric guitar. The popular Gibson Les Paul was designed in collaboration with him. (Died 2009)

9 June 1934 – Donald Duck makes his film debut in the Disney short film, the Wise Little Hen.