Steak Tartare (1895); Food Festival (1912)

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STEAK TARTARE

   Rec.food.historic--OXFORD ENCYCLOPEDIA OF AMERICAN FOOD's Andy Smith's sometime posting ground--has had about 30 messages this week on "steak tartare."  OED and Merriam-Webster have 1911.  One poster traced it to 1900.
   I'll beat it quickly (without searching my files).
   From the free EARLY CANADIANA ONLINE:

COOKERY
Richards, Amy G.
Montreal: E. M. Renouf
1895

Pg. 266:
BEEFSTEAK A LA TARTARE
(Recipe follows--ed.)

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FOOD FESTIVAL

   "Food festival" is an interesting term to trace.  I had a post here two years ago on the term.  "Food festival" appears to have taken off post-WWII.  Notice the large gap in the first four citations here.

   9 May 1912, NEW YORK TIMES, pg. 4 ad:
Our great May Food Festival.
More popular than ever.
(...)
Greenhut-Siegel Cooper Co.
Both sides of 6th Ave.
18th and 19th Streets
"The Big Store"

   9 October 1938, NEW YORK TIMES, pg. 178:
   Committees have been appointed to work out plans for a sea-food festival.
(At Virginia Beach, Virginia--ed.)

   6 November 1938, NEW YORK TIMES, pg. 156:
_A Food Festival in Old Kentucky._

   19 October 1948, NEW YORK TIMES, pg. 30:
   Macy's bids its customers to a tasting party this week.  A Fine Food Festival opened yesterday on its eighth floor;...