According to Practically Edible, January 22nd is Blonde Brownie Day — although it seems more obvious to call it Blondie Day. (Maybe there’s some sort Blondie holiday already I don’t know about. And if not, my official proclamation is that there should be: every July 1st, commemorating Debbie Harry’s birthday.)

“Blondie” versus “Blonde Brownie” aside, who am I to argue with “the web’s biggest food encylopaedia”? This site is, in brief, a food nerd’s trivia bonanza. Unsure what a chayote squash is? Need a definition of Denominación de Origen Protegida? Want to know how UHT Pasteurization works? Your work is cut out for you — completely cross-referenced and indexed, spanning an encyclopedia, technique pointers, recipes, and a list of cuisines (modern and ancient).

But face it, if you’re like me, you’re probably going to casually shun doing work today and instead arbitrarily click around until you find some odd food facts and IM them to your friends. My favorite factlet so far is the cooking term that shares a name with my kid: to serve something à la Béatrix means to serve something “with an accompaniment of new potatoes that have been browned, braised artichokes, glazed carrots and sautéed Morel mushrooms” and not “on children’s IKEA tableware, making sure the plate, cup, and each utensil are all the same requested color” as I would have guessed.