The 15th of November is Bundt Day, celebrating both the famous cake pans that let home bakers turn out cakes that look like pieces of sculpture, and the delicious cakes that are made with the pans!
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Burger Day UK
Burger Day UK is the last Thursday of August. Summer is drawing to a close; there are not many opportunities left in the U.K. to fire up the barbie in the backyard, so cross your fingers and hope it doesn’t rain!
Burger Lover’s Day
The 15th of February is Burger Lover’s Day — and no one quite knows why…. But if you’re in the Northern Hemisphere and hankering for a taste of summer, this could be your chance!
Burrito Day
Burrito Day is the first Thursday of April. Treat yourself to one today. There are probably lots of special offers today!
Buttermilk Biscuit Day
The 14th of May is Buttermilk Biscuit Day. Who can say no to a buttermilk biscuit, hot out of the oven, split in half and buttered? Make sure you get in line for a few today! Or, make some at home…
Butterscotch Pudding Day
The 19th of September is Butterscotch Pudding Day. It celebrates the light and creamy, custard-like dessert called “pudding” with a butterscotch flavour to it.
Cabbage Day
The 17th of February is Cabbage Day — a day to celebrate all things cabbagey!
Caesar Day
Caesar Day celebrates the Caesar cocktail. As far as garnishes go, the sky is now the limit for them — you can make a meal of one, or two, today!
Café Au Lait Day
The 17th of February is Café Au Lait Day. A café au lait, meaning literally “coffee with milk”, is a French way of drinking coffee with a lot of milk in it. The typical ratio is half coffee, and half heated milk.
Caffeine Day
The 8th of February is Caffeine Day. Today was specifically chosen because it is the birthday the man who discovered caffeine in 1819.
Cake Day
The 26th of November is Cake Day. Treat yourself to a slice of a cake today, whether it’s from a bakery, a café, or homemade from scratch or a mix!
Cakes and Ale Day
Cakes and Ale Day is a yearly event held in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, in south-eastern England. A man named Jenkyn Smith left money for Cakes and Ale to be served.
Campbell’s Cream of Broccoli Soup Anniversary
The 2nd of January is the anniversary of Campbell’s Cream of Broccoli Soup launch in 1990. Marketed as a cooking ingredient, it was the single most successful product in 55 years for Campbell’s. While children called it “the swamp thing”, adults loved it.
CAMRA Founded
The 16th of March is the birthday of CAMRA, the Campaign for Real Ale. It was founded on this day in 1971 by young journalists from the Manchester and Liverpool areas.
Canada Day
Canada Day on the 1st of July celebrates the day that Canada became a country in 1867. It is a day for outdoor eating of summer food, whether the eating be at a picnic, on the back deck or while camping.
Candlemas Day
February 2nd is Candlemas. It originally marked the day in the Bible when Mary went into the temple in Jerusalem to be purified with her newborn son. In France, crêpes are eaten after 8 pm in the evening.
Candy Cane Day
The 26th of December has been dubbed Candy Cane Day, perhaps by a mother starting to panic over how many candy canes from this year would be left over.
Candy Day
The 4th of November is Candy Day. What is your favourite childhood memory of candy?
Canned Pineapple Anniversary
The 13th of November celebrates the first shipment of canned pineapple from Hawaii in 1895. Of the many dishes that would subsequently emerge, one of the most famous was the Pineapple-Upside Down Cake.
Canning Day
The 23rd of October is Canning Day, celebrating the home preserving practice of safely preserving food in jars.
Cappuccino Day
The 8th of November is Cappuccino Day, celebrating the coffee with a foamy, creamy milk layer on top: the perfect bevvy to warm you up on a chilly November day.
Caramel Day
The 5th of April is Caramel Day. Celebrate by treating yourself to caramel in some form, as a candy or perhaps as a sauce.
Carême’s Birthday
On this day, 8th June, in 1784, a boy named Marie-Antoine Carême was born. He would become the world’s first celebrity chef, and codify French cooking in a way that still serves as a foundation today for European cooking.
Carling Sunday
Carling Sunday, otherwise known as Passion Sunday, is celebrated in Scotland and in northern England on the fifth Sunday in Lent, two Sundays from Easter. Boiled, fried dried peas known as “carlings” are served.