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What’s happening when and where in the world of food: a calendar of special food days.

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1 April — April's Fool Day
April's Fool Day is a day traditionally for playing tricks on others. The tricks are meant to be harmless tricks, aimed particularly at fooling someone into believing something that isn't real.
Foot washing
1 April — Maundy Thursday
Maundy Thursday is the Thursday immediately before Easter. There are many associated food customs including bitter herbs, chestnuts, and ale.
1 April — Brillat-Savarin Birthday
On the 1st of April in 1755, Jean-Anthelme Brillat-Savarin was born in France. He wrote the first book about the pleasures of food, and is considered the father of gastronomy.
2 April — Carob Bean Day
The 2nd of April is Carob Bean Day. Carob may look like chocolate and be marketed like chocolate, but one taste and you know the old saying is true: sometimes beauty really is only skin deep.
Peanut butter and jelly sandwich
2 April — Peanut Butter and Jelly Day
The 2nd of April is Peanut Butter and Jelly Day. It's a very easy holiday to celebrate, because you just have to make a sandwich! But you can push the boat out and try some of the variations we suggest...
Easter lilies
2 April — Good Friday
Good Friday is a solemn day in the Christian calendar. In English culture, hot cross buns and dish were traditional, and eggs laid on this day had special properties.
Jennifer Paterson
3 April — Jennifer Paterson's Birthday
April 3rd is Jennifer Patterson's birthday. She was expelled from convent school and fired as a food writer for throwing dishes out an office window, but her claim to fame really arrived when she appeared on TV screens in 1996 as one-half of the Two Fat Ladies.
4 April — Easter Sunday
Easter Sunday is celebrated with great feasting and special foods, including lamb, chocolate and special breads.
Chicken Cordon Bleu
4 April — Cordon Bleu Day
The 4th of April is Cordon Bleu Day. Treat yourself to this delectable dish of coated, fried chicken stuffed with ham and cheese.
5 April — Easter Monday
Easter Monday food traditions include egg rolling, hare pies, and spring picnics. The date changes each year.
Caramels
5 April — 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.
Running hares
5 April — Hare Pie Day
Hare Pie Day takes place in Hallaton, Leicestershire on Easter Monday. Originally pie made of hare was distributed, but now it's beef pie. After a pie ceremony, there is a beer keg contest.
6 April — Easter Tuesday
On Easter Tuesday, there are several rituals involving food, candies and treats in many parts of Europe.
Fresh tomatoes
6 April — Fresh Tomato Day
The 6th of April is Fresh Tomato Day. We've got some tasty ideas for enjoying tomatoes in their fresh form on this day.
Kellogg's Corn Flakes box
7 April — William Keith Kellogg's Birthday
The 7th of April is the birthday of William Keith Kellogg, the inventor of Corn Flakes, Rice Krispies and other famous breakfast cereals.
7 April — Coffee Cake Day
The 7th of April is a good day to learn what coffee cake actually is — and treat yourself and a friend to a slice while you're at it.
Glasses of beer
7 April — 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.
Empanadas
8 April — Empanada Day
The 8th of April is Empanada Day. Treat yourself to some from a food truck, or buy frozen, or have some friends over to make some.
Milk in bottles
8 April — 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.
Gin and Tonic
9 April — 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!
Nigel Slater book
9 April — 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".
banana
10 April — Bananas in London
Bananas made their London Debut on 10 April 1633 in a shop window. It was the shop window of shopkeeper Thomas Johnson, who had a herbalist shop on Snow Hill in the neighbourhood still called Holborn.
11 April — Cheese Fondue Day
The 11th of April is Cheese Fondue Day. Finally, a holiday to celebrate stale bread and melted cheese! When's the last time you had a cheese fondue?
Liquorice
12 April — Liquorice Day
The 12th of April is Liquorice Day, a day is designed to promote true liquorice. If you don't have a sweet tooth, remember there are liquorice-flavoured adult beverages such as Anissette, Herbsaint, Pastis, Sambuca, etc.
Grilled cheese sandwich
12 April — Grilled Cheese Day
The 12th of April is Grilled Cheese Day — the day to celebrate grilled cheese sandwiches! We've got some great ideas to turn today into a party — or take your grilled cheese sandwiches to next-level gourmet!
13 April — Catherine de Medici's Birthday
Catherine de Medici became Queen of France. The 13th of April is her birthday. She is credited with many food innovations — but how much of that is true?
Pecans
14 April — Pecan Day
The 14th of April is the day to treat yourself to a piece of pecan pie, and learn all about pecans.
Titanic
15 April — Sinking of the Titanic
On the 15th of April 1912, the Titanic sunk. The Titanic almost seems like it was one big floating restaurant.
Marcella Hazan's book 'Marcella's Italian Kitchen'
15 April — Marcella Hazan's Birthday
The 15th of April is the birthday of Marcella Hazan. Her goal was to teach Americans about authentic Italian food. Her favourite tipple, though, was not wine, but rather Jack Daniel's!
Glazed Ham
15 April — Glazed Ham Day
The 15th of April is Glazed Ham Day. You usually only get to glaze a ham on high holidays such as Christmas and Easter, when the pressure is on.
16 April — Eggs Benedict Day
The 16th of April is Eggs Benedict Day. This breakfast dish is a real treat, so go ahead and treat yourself today!
17 April — Damson Day
The Third Saturday in April is celebrated as Damson Day in the Lyth Valley in Cumbria, England.
Malbec wine
17 April — World Malbec Day
The 17th of April is World Malbec Day, to celebrate Malbec wine. It's a full-bodied red wine, with a smooth and bold taste. 75% of the Malbec wine in the world comes from Argentina.
17 April — Cheese Ball Day
Many foodies hate cheeseballs, regarding them as very tacky! But the 17th of April is a day to celebrate these concoctions in all their "cheesiness"!
Animal Crackers
18 April — Animal Crackers Day
The 18th of April is Animal Crackers Day. It's a day to celebrate the small, slightly-sweetened crackers baked in the shapes of animals.
Garlic Braids
19 April — Garlic Day
The 19th of April is Garlic Day. Don't worry about your breath today; no one will notice because everyone else will be eating it too — apparently.
Pineapple upside down cake
20 April — Pineapple Upside-Down Cake Day
The 20th of April is Pineapple Upside-Down Cake Day. When's the last time you had some? Few homemade cakes are as spectacular as this one is.
The State House, in St. George's, Bermuda
21 April — Peppercorn Ceremony
The Peppercorn Ceremony is held in St George, Bermuda on the Wednesday nearest St George's Day in April. To celebrate, enjoy some freshly-ground pepper from peppercorns, or include whole peppercorns in a recipe.
Roman priests
21 April — Birthday of Rome
The 21st of April is the birthday of the city of Rome. It is an ancient holiday, celebrated for thousands of years, and marked with great festivities and feasting.
Jelly beans
22 April — Jelly Bean Day
The 22nd of April is Jelly Bean Day. This is the biggest selling time of the year for jelly beans.
St George
23 April — St George's Day
St George is the Patron saint of England. St George's mushrooms start to appear on this day in England.
23 April — Bavarian Beer Purity Law Day
The 23rd of April celebrates the Bavarian Beer Purity Law. The law governs what ingredients can be used for beer made in Germany. There are only 4 ingredients allowed.
William Shakespeare portrait
23 April — Shakespeare's Birthday
The 23rd of April is William Shakespeare's birthday. The works of Shakespeare are full of food and drink.
Sausages in pastry
24 April — Pigs-In-A-Blanket Day
The 24th of April is Pigs-In-A-Blanket day. What's your definition, and are you a fan?
Apple zucchini bread
25 April — Zucchini Bread Day
The 25th of April is a day to celebrate and appreciate zucchini bread.
25 April — Anzac Day
April 25th is Anzac Day, a solemn day jointly shared by Australia and New Zealand. Anzac is short for Australian (and) New Zealand Army Corps.
Pretzels
26 April — Pretzel Day
26th April is Pretzel Day. What's your favourite pretzel? Soft ones or the hard, crunchy ones?
Bakery
27 April — St Zita's Day
The 27th of April is St Zita's Day. She is the patron saint of bakers, because angels reputedly baked bread for her.
28 April — Cracker Day
The 28th of April is Cracker Day. And fair enough. The lowly, crunchy, work-horse cracker doesn't often get much attention.
The Empire of Flora
28 April — Floralia
Floralia was a Roman festival to honour the goddess of flowers, Flora. It was held from the 28th of April to the 3rd of May.
29 April — Cherry Blossom Day
The 29th of April is Cherry Blossom Day in Japan. To the Japanese, viewing cherry trees in blossom is a much-loved spring activity.
Shrimp Scampi
29 April — Shrimp Scampi Day
The 29th of April is Shrimp Scampi Day: A day to enjoy large shrimp (aka prawns) sautéed briefly with a bit of garlic and wine.
30 April — Béaltaine
Béaltaine, on the 30th April, marked the start of summer in the Celtic calendar. People leapt through fires, and made special foods. It was the best time of the year to try to see a faery.
This page first published: Apr 19, 2018 · Updated: Dec 1, 2020.

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