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Category: Food & Non-Alcoholic Beverages


Highlighting global events about what we eat and drink.

The food category is enormous and the second most populated non-nation category in the calendar. It deals with nutrition, food (anything eaten), and non-alcoholic beverages. This category includes eating preferences like vegetarian, vegan, and gluten-free.

Coconut Cream Pie Day: May 8

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Whipped cream, coconut, pudding, and pastry, who doesn’t love coconut cream pie? National Coconut Cream Pie Day is an unofficial holiday with no sponsor, but that’s no reason not to indulge and enjoy a...

January

Coeliac Awareness Day, Intl.: May 16

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Coeliac (Celiac) Awareness Day is an annual international event that seeks to educate people about celiac disease, dermatitis herpetiformis, and the benefits of a gluten-free diet for the one percent of p...

January

Coeliac Awareness Month (UK): May

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Coeliac (Celiac) Awareness Month (formerly week) is an annual international event that seeks to educate people about celiac disease, dermatitis herpetiformis, and the benefits of a gluten-free diet for th...

January

Condiment Month, Ntl.: May

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NATIONAL CONDIMENT MONTH: CELEBRATING FLAVOR ENHANCERS National Condiment Month, celebrated every May, highlights the beloved sauces, spreads, and seasonings that elevate our meals. Established by the C...

January

Devil's Food Cake Day, Ntl.: May 19

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Devil's Food is the first chocolate cake ever marketed as a cake mix by the Duff Company of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in the 1930s. The first recipe for the cake was published in 1905. Essentially, Devil...

January

Digestive Diseases Awareness Month, Ntl.:...

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In 1988 President Reagan proclaimed Digestive Diseases Awareness Month. Digestive diseases rank second among all the causes of disability due to illness in the United States and account for one-tenth of...

January

Doughnut Week, The Children’s Trust Nation...

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National Doughnut Week is held annually in the United Kingdom as a fundraiser for The Children's Trust, a charity for children with brain injury and neuro disability. Bakers and confectioners throughout t...

January

Eat More Fruits and Veggies Day: May 22

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Two-thirds of adults and 3/4 of children need more fruits and vegetables. To change that, Dole has set aside Eat More Fruits & Veggies Day each year to raise awareness and educate the public on the import...

January

Eat What You Want Day: May 11

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Eat What You Want Day is a Wellcat Holiday. The meaning is exactly what it says: Eat whatever you want today. Banana Split for Breakfast? Go for it! Pancakes for dinner? Knock yourself out. A ten-course m...

January

Eel Festival (DK): May 31 - June 1 (est)

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Each year since 1968, the town of Jyllinge, Denmark, has hosted an eel festival. Eel has been a long-time staple and delicacy of the Danish people. The festival includes music, theater, markets, saying co...

January

Egg Month: May

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National Egg Month focuses on the versatility of the egg. Eggs have a vital role to play in providing nutrients to people around the world. Eggs are one of nature’s highest-quality protein sources and c...

January

Ely Eel Festival (UK): May 3-5 (est)

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Ely Eel Festival in the United Kingdom celebrates the fish and its place in English culture over the weekend of Eel Day. The town of Ely holds an eel festival each year that includes folk music, parades...

January

Eosinophil Awareness Week, Ntl.: May 18-24

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Created by the US Congress in 2007, National Eosinophil Awareness Week (NEAW) addresses eosinophil-associated diseases. Eosinophils (pronounced “ee-oh-sin-oh-fills”) are a type of white blood cell that h...

January

Escargot Day, Ntl.: May 24

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Escargot is French for "snail." Snails have been part of human diets for millenniums. In 54 BC, the army of Julius Caesar dined on snails throughout its conquest of what today we know as France, Luxembo...

January

Food Allergy Action Month: May

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Food Allergy Research & Education, Inc. (FARE) created Food Allergy Awareness Week in 1998 to educate the public about food allergies, a potentially life-threatening medical condition. Beginning in 2014...

January

Food Allergy Week (AU): May 25-31 (est)

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Food Allergy Week (FAW) aims to raise awareness of food allergies, including potentially fatal food allergies. It is sponsored annually by Allergy & Anaphylaxis Australia (A&AA).

January

Garden Month, Gifts from the: May

Monthly

Our gardens give us so much, from the joy of seeing the fruits of labor to fresh vegetables, pulses, flowers, herbs, and berries. Celebrate the Gifts from Your Garden Month each May.

January

Get Fit, Don't Sit Day: May 7

Daily

Research shows that changing our sedentary habits is one of the most effective ways to prevent type two diabetes. This wellness day is about drawing attention to the importance of getting up and moving at...

January

Grape Popsicle Day (1905): May 27

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Grape Popsicle Day celebrates the grape popsicle. Popsicles were invented on May 27, 1905, by eleven-year-old Frank Epperson. Frank was outside, mixing water with some grape flavoring to make soda. He le...

January

Guru Amar Das Sahib (S)(1479): May 5

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Guru Amar Das Sahib (May 5, 1479-September 1, 1574), was the third Guru of the Sikhs and an influential spiritual leader in Sikhism. He was born in Basarke, a village near Amritsar in present-day Punjab,...

January
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