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Food Drink observances

Food, drink, culinary products and eating traditions.

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Tag des Deutschen Butterbrotes (German Butterbrot Day)

Last Friday in September · Germany / German bread-and-butter food-culture campaign tradition

WDR documents that the CMA established the last Friday in September as Tag des Deutschen Butterbrotes in 1999 and that the observance continued after the CMA ceased to exist in 2009.

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Take Your Webmaster to Lunch Day

6 July · United States / creator-defined informal Wellcat workplace observance

The first-party Wellcat Holidays calendar lists Take Your Webmaster to Lunch Day on July 6 and identifies the Wellcat Holidays collection as created by Thomas and Ruth Roy. The project trea…

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Texas Chicken Fried Steak Day

26 October · Texas, United States / state-recognized food commemoration

Texas House Resolution 1419 recognized October 26, 2011 as Texas Chicken Fried Steak Day and described it as the second annual observance; the organizer continues to promote October 26.

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The Big Lunch

First weekend in June; 5–8 June for the combined 2026 campaign · United Kingdom / Eden Project annual community initiative

The Eden Project says The Big Lunch has run annually since 2009 on the first weekend in June; in 2026 it joined The Big Help Out for a 5–8 June campaign window.

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Turkmen Melon Day

Second Sunday in August · Turkmenistan / national cultural and agricultural holiday

Turkmenistan government sources repeatedly state that Turkmen Melon Day is celebrated every year on the second Sunday of August and describe it as a national holiday.

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Waffle Day (Våffeldagen)

25 March · Swedish food tradition with international usage

Swedish public-broadcasting coverage identifies 25 March as Waffle Day and explains the Swedish tradition that has spread beyond Sweden.

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Whole Grain Sampling Day

Organizer-selected date; examples include 4 April 2012 and 29 March 2017 · United States / Oldways Whole Grains Council campaign

The Oldways Whole Grains Council documents the campaign’s launch on 4 April 2012 and a later annual edition on 29 March 2017. Those first-party records show that the Gregorian date has vari…

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World Chocolate Day

7 July · International / informal chocolate-industry and consumer observance

Industry and institutional sources consistently use July 7; reviewed historical accounts conflict on 2003 versus 2009 and do not securely establish the popular 1550 date rationale.

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World Cider Day

3 June annually · World Cider Day organizer / international cider celebration

The official World Cider Day site fixes June 3, while the Hessian cider association says it launched the observance in 2013 and has marked it annually since.

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World Flour Day

20 March · International flour/milling appreciation and charitable-action campaign; food/allergen boundaries apply

The current official World Flour Day site verifies March 20, present FlourWorld Museum/Mühlenchemie stewardship and the seasonal date rationale; contemporaneous 2019 industry material ident…

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World Food Day

16 October · Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations observance

A/RES/35/70

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World Food Safety Day

7 June · FAO / WHO / United Nations / international observance

A/RES/73/250

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World Milk Day

1 June · FAO-initiated global observance (not an official UN international day)

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

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World Passion Fruit Martini Day

28 May · International promotional/cocktail context / Funkin Cocktails-created observance

Current references place World Passion Fruit Martini Day on May 28 and attribute its establishment in 2021 to Funkin Cocktails.

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World Plant-Based Burger Day

10 October · International promotional context / VeganBurg-created plant-based burger observance

VeganBurg launched World Plant-Based Burger Day on October 10, 2020 as part of its tenth-anniversary campaign.

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World Pulses Day

10 February · FAO / United Nations / international observance

A/RES/73/251

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World Tofu Day

26 July · International / informal plant-based-food observance created by SPA Canada; not a government or UN designation.

SPA Canada creator-side material states that it launched the first World Tofu Day edition in Montréal in 2014; a contemporaneous Montréal account identifies July 26, 2014 as the first celeb…

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World Vegetarian Day

1 October annually · North American Vegetarian Society / international observance

NAVS states that World Vegetarian Day was established as an annual celebration, with 1 October as the official date; local events may be scheduled on a nearby date.