“Why, this is very midsummer madness.” — Still celebrated traditionally on the 24th of June, Midsummer Night now actually occurs on the 21st of June. It was a very important pagan holiday.
Calendar
Milk Chocolate Day
The 28th of July is Milk Chocolate Day. It is the preferred chocolate for tens of millions of people who love its smooth, creamy, melt-in-your mouth qualities.
Milk Day
The 11th of January is Milk Day. You can enjoy a tall, cool glass of your favourite kind of milk today, either plain, or maybe even flavoured — chocolate? strawberry? banana?
Milk Day (India)
The 26th of November is National Milk Day in India. It celebrates the achievement of India’s having become the largest milk producer in the world.
Milk in Bottles Day
The 8th of April, 1879 reputedly marks the date that milk was first delivered to customers at home in glass bottles. Many people feel it would be better for the environment if we went back to glass bottles for milk.
Milton S. Hershey’s Birthday
The 13th of September is the birthday of Milton Snavely Hershey. His first success did not come until he was 40, but his name would forever be associated with American chocolate.
Mint Julep Day
The 30th of May is Mint Julep Day. May is the time of the year when, according to Google, web searches on mint julep peak.
Monte Cristo Day
The 17th of September is Monte Cristo Sandwich Day, celebrating the ham and cheese sandwiches fried up in a golden egg batter and served with jam and powdered sugar.
More Herbs Less Salt Day
The 29th of August is More Herbs Less Salt Day, to encourage us to think about healthier ingredients such as herbs to add flavour to our food, rather than always reaching instinctively for more salt.
Mother’s Day
Mother’s Day is the second Sunday of May. The original intent was that women’s peace groups would use the day to call for disarmament and peace. Now, it’s a day for flowers, gifts and meals.
Mothering Sunday
Mothering Sunday is Mother’s Day in England. Observance started in the 1500s at least. Simnel cake is traditional on this day.
Mouldy Cheese Day
The 9th of October is Mouldy Cheese Day. It’s a celebration of the cheeses that are made to be mouldy on purpose! and the range of flavours they bring to our palates.
Moving Day, Québec
The 1st of July is Moving Day in Québec, the day that most people move on. The person who is moving treats all the helpers to meals. People usually get food delivered or as take-away, typically pizza, submarines or chicken from the popular Québec chicken chain, St-Hubert.
Mrs Beeton’s Birthday
The 14th of March is the birthday of Mrs Isabella Mary Beeton. She is famous for the cookbook she published in 1861 when she was just 25 years old, which went on to become the Bible of Victorian cookery for the second half of the 1800s.
Mustard Day
The first Saturday of August is Mustard Day. There are so many different kinds of mustard, that it’s a rare person indeed who doesn’t like at least one of them.
Nachos Day
The 6th of November is Nachos Day. It’s a myth that nachos weren’t invented in Mexico. They actually were — just across the border with Texas in a Mexican town called Piedras Negras.
National Beer Day
The 7th of April is National Beer Day. It celebrates the day in 1933 when the sale of beer was allowed again in the United States.
National Day of Sweden
The 6th of June is the National Day of Sweden. As a new holiday, it is a relatively low-key day. Swedes instead still prefer to celebrate the traditional Midsummer’s Night just a few weeks away.
National Gin & Tonic Day
The 9th of April is National Gin & Tonic Day in the U.S. You can join in wherever you are in the world. You could designate this your first G&T of the summer!
National Tea Day (UK)
National Tea Day in the UK is the 21st of April. It is a tea celebration designed to help revive sales of tea in the UK.
New Year’s Day
January 1st is New Year’s Day around the world. Some foods are seen as lucky to eat at New Year. The foods, though, vary by culture. In Japan, it’s noodles and rice cakes; in the southern US, it’s black-eyed peas; in Italy it’s lentils.
Nicolas Appert’s Birthday
The 17th of November marks the birthday of Nicolas Appert, the first person to commercially implement a canning process for food.
Nigel Slater’s Birthday
The 9th of April is the birthday of English food writer, Nigel Slater. He promotes comfort food. A movie has been made about his life, “Toast: The Story of a Boy’s Hunger”.
Night of the Radishes
December 23rd is the Night of the Radishes in the Mexican city of Oaxaca. It is a festival where radishes are carved into small sculptures.