• National Crackers Over The Keyboard Day

    National Crackers Over The Keyboard Day is one of those quirky celebrations invented to make us chuckle. The day was dreamt up by Thomas and Ruth Roy, a husband‑and‑wife acting […]

  • National Banana Pudding Day

    There’s something about banana pudding that feels like a hug from the inside. Maybe it’s the layers: the soft slices of ripe banana, the rich vanilla custard, the nilla wafers […]

  • National Cherry Turnover Day

    Turnovers may have originated as a clever workaround to baking bans. In 15th‑century England some towns outlawed cakes to curb flour consumption, so bakers folded pastry around fruit filling and […]

  • National Red Wine Day

    Wine has been part of human culture for at least eight thousand years. Archaeologists have discovered traces of fermented grape juice in Neolithic pottery from Georgia, and Greek and Roman […]

  • National Gyro Day

    You know it's early September in Chicago when the scent of roasting meat and warm pita wafts down Halsted Street, luring people toward a tiny shop with a spinning column […]

  • National Tofu Day

    As soon as my calendar flips to September, national tofu day comes to mind. It nudges us to slow down and savor something simple and satisfying. In kitchens and cafes […]

  • National Cabernet Sauvignon Day

    Cabernet Sauvignon has earned the title ‘king of red grapes’. It arose in 17th‑century Bordeaux as an accidental cross between Cabernet Franc and Sauvignon Blanc, inheriting thick skins and small […]