The 24th of June, St-Jean-Baptiste day, is the national day of Québec, and an official holiday, with everyone getting the day off work.
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Rainier Cherry Day
The 11th of July is Rainier Cherry Day. It’s celebrated as the end of the Rainier Cherry season nears.
Ranch Dressing Day
The 10th of March is Ranch Dressing Day. It’s not just for salads anymore: it makes for a delicious ingredient in many recipes. You may also wish to learn how to make your own DIY powdered mix for it.
Raspberries and Cream Day
The 7th of August is Raspberries and Cream Day. In this day and age, thanks to exports and cargo jets criss-crossing the globe, it’s possible to get raspberries at any time of year. But around this time in the northern hemisphere, raspberry season is at its peak.
Raspberry Bombe Day
The 11th of August is Raspberry Bombe Day. It celebrates the semi-spherical ice cream dessert known as a bombe. Reputedly, raspberry is one of the most popular flavours for ice cream bombes.
Ravioli Day
The 20th of March is Ravioli Day! If it’s a weekend, see if you can talk a group of friends into coming round in the afternoon and making the ravioli for dinner from scratch.
Red Wine Day
The 28th of August is Red Wine Day — even though most red wine lovers don’t need a special day to drink red wine!
Reddi-Wip Patent
The 15th of March marks the day when Bunny Lapin received a patent for a special spray nozzle for tins of Reddi-wip cream. It was a revolutionary design and product.
Rhubarb Pie Day
The 23rd of January is Rhubarb Pie Day. Today celebrates the pie plant, the plant that makes those sweet but sour pies with juicy chunks of face-puckering rhubarb in them.
Rice Pudding Day
The 9th of August is Rice Pudding Day. It celebrates the wonderful, creamy comfort food that generations have grown up with and loved.
Roast Leg of Lamb Day
The 7th of May is Roast Leg of Lamb Day. You could spit-roast one on your backyard grill, or use today as an excuse to fire up the oven and have an all-out roast dinner.
Roast Suckling Pig Day
The 18th of December is Roast Suckling Pig Day. It provides a festive occasion appropriate for this time of year.
Robbie Burns Day
The 25th of January is Robbie Burns Day, celebrating the birthday of the man considered by many to be Scotland’s national poet. Many food rituals are involved.
Root Beer Float Day
A Root Beer Float is a classic North American summer drink. It’s a big, thick frosty mug of root beer with ice cream in it and a big, creamy head of suds.
Roquefort Cheese Day
The 26th of July celebrates the day in 1925 when the name and definition of Roquefort cheese received legal protection, making it the first cheese in history ever to do so.
Rosh Hashanah
Rosh Hashanah is the start of the New Year in the Jewish calendar. The day is a festive holiday; a day of no work, except for cooking, carrying or making fire.
Rum Day
The 16th of August is Rum day. This is the perfect time of year to celebrate rum, as it is a very popular spirit for summer cocktails. Rum has been called a “vacation in a glass.”
Rural Health Day
The third Thursday of November is Rural Health Day. Affordable, easy access to nutritious food is a vital foundation for health but ironically can be a challenge in rural areas.
S’mores Day
When’s the last time you had a S’more? The 10th of August is the day to celebrate the gooey summer treat, consisting of melted marshmallow and chocolate on graham wafer.
Samhain
Samhain celebrations start on the evening of the 31st of October. Samhain marks the end of the summer and is the last harvest celebration.
Sandwich Day
November 3rd is Sandwich Day. You get to have a sandwich at breakfast, lunch and dinner! And who doesn’t love sandwiches?!
Sangria Day
The 20th of December is Sangria Day. Celebrating Sangria Day is a good way to turn a bottle of wine into a unique, flamboyant, festive cocktail for a crowd.
Sardines Day
The 24th of November is Sardines Day, celebrating the fish that provides us with an affordable, delicious, and highly nutritious food. If you’ve only ever had tinned sardines, you’re in for a treat with the fresh ones!
Saturnalia
Saturnalia, the 17th of December, was a fun Roman holiday. People wore red hats, lit candles, feasted, played games such as charades, and decorated with holly. Gifts were exchanged, and sent to customers and clients.