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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.
Food Events
Agriculture Day, Ntl. (CA): February 11
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Agriculture Day in Canada celebrates the businesses and products that are grown in the nation. These include food, floral and fauna. Its goal is to create a closer connection between consumers and the peo...
January
No One Eats Alone Day: February 14
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No One Eats Alone® teaches everyone how to make friends at lunch, often the most difficult part of the school day. Created and organized by students, this is our most popular program where schools in all...
January
Cheesefare (Forgiveness) Sunday (C): Febru...
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Cheesefare Sunday in the Orthodox Christian Church is the last Sunday before the season of Lent. It is the last day one can eat cheese or fish prior to the 40 days of Lent and is traditionally a day to g...
January
Meatfare Sunday (C): February 23
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Meatfare Sunday is the final day leading up to Lent that Orthodox Christians can eat meat. From this point until Easter, fish may be eaten. Beef, Pork, Lamb, and poultry cannot.
January
Bun Day (IS): February 24
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Bun Day in Iceland is tied to the Christian observance of Lent and occurs on Shrove Monday prior to Ash Wednesday. Children wake up in the morning and get their parents out of bed. Over the previous few d...
January
Cupcake Day, Ntl. (CA): February 24
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National Cupcake Day in Canada one of our favorite events in the LEEP Calendar which came about due to the tremendous success of the idea in other countries including Australia, New Zealand and England. H...
January
Bursting Day (IS): February 25
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Bursting Day in Iceland is tied to the Christian observance of Lent and occurs on Shrove Tuesday prior to Ash Wednesday. It is tradition to eat foods that are not allowed during Lent including salted lamb...
January
Paczki Day: February 25
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Pronounced 'Poonch-kee', Paczki is a Polish pastry that is traditionally eaten prior to the beginning of Lent. Usually round, the fried dough pastry is filled with fruit and dusted in sugar.
January
Pancake Day (C)(AU/UK/CA): February 25
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Pancake Day (also called Fat Tuesday or Shrove Tuesday) is the last great gasp of gluttony prior to the beginning of the 40-day period of Lent in the Christian calendar. The custom during Lent is to giv...
January
Shrove Tuesday (C): February 25
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Shrove Tuesday (aka Pancake Day, Fat Tuesday), was originally a day of repentance and reflection (1 Corinthians 9:27) marking the end of the season of Epiphany and the upcoming season of Lent. It is part...
January
Shrovetide Pancake Race (UK/US-KS): Februa...
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Talk about tradition, the Shrovetide Pancake Race has been held nearly annually since 1445 AD! This race is only open to women sixteen years of age, who dress in traditional housewife attire (dress, apro...
January
Chili Day, Ntl.: February 27
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Chili is a spicy stew of chili peppers, meat, tomatoes and often beans that originated in San Antonio, Texas, during the 1880s. Beans were added to chili in the 20th century. The original recipes were hot...
January
Toast Day, Ntl. (UK): February 27
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Toast Day celebrates all types of toasted bread. This event was created by Wilkin & Sons Ltd., manufactures of jams and jellies and hosts of the World Bread Awards out of Essex, England.
January
Tartar Sauce Day: February 28
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Created by Frisch's Big Boy in 2017, Tartar Sauce Day celebrates relish, mustard mayonnaise condiment often eaten with fish.
January
Bake for Family Fun Month: February
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Bake at Home for Family Fun Month is about promoting home baking and providing tools and knowledge to perpetuate generations of home bakers. The purpose of this month is to reach influencers in the indus...
January
Canned Food Month (1809): February
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Canned Food Month celebrates the invention of the process for preserving foods in cans that was invented in 1809. Prior to cans, glass, pottery and other materials were used with limited effect. Such m...
January
Cherry Month, Ntl.: February
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National Cherry Month most likely came into being due to the story of George Washington and the cherry tree. There is no official sponsor of this event, however there are several associations and collec...
January
Chocolate Lover's Month: February
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February's designation as Chocolate Lover's Month most likely came about due to the association of chocolate hearts with Valentines Day. Chocolate beans have been used since around 1900 BC by the people...
January
FebFast (AU): February
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Can you go a month without sugar or alcohol, or focus on a getting off the couch and getting healthy? FebFast is a fundraising initiative that encourages you to join with others for support and raise mone...
January
Grapefruit Month, Ntl.: February
Monthly
Nation Grapefruit Month occurs each year in February. The purpose is to focus on the health benefits of eating grapefruit. Though the largest of the commercially cultivated citrus fruits, grapefruit was...
January
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