Food & drink takeaways - 4 August
A curated taster menu of every day's food & drink associations
Celebration days
International Culture of Drink Days (2-4 Aug 2024)
“An opportunity to embrace the common thread that ties the world together, through booze. . . try something new, or drink something you already love. But whatever you do, think about where it comes from and celebrate that culture.”
"The majority of Ghanaian meals consist of thick, well-seasoned stews. . . the most popular being okra, fish, bean leaf (or other greens), forowe (a fishy tomato stew), plava sauce (spinach stew with either fish or chicken), and groundnut (peanut), one of the country's national dishes."
Cook Islands: Constitution Day
"Special occasions are marked by a feast called an umukai (literally "food from the oven"). Meat is the main dish, supplemented with ika (raw fish marinated in lemon juice) and potato salad. Kava, made from the root of the pepper plant, is a traditional ceremonial drink. It is non-alcoholic but can be consciousness-altering."
Unofficial
USA: Chocolate Chip Cookie Day
USA: Champagne Day
USA: White Wine Day
Food events
Food & drink birthdays
1608
English gardener who, with his father, introduced to England new food items such as apricots
1820
Italian businessman and writer, best known as the author of the cookbook Science in the Kitchen and the Art of Eating Well (La scienza in cucina e l'arte di mangiare bene)
1956
French chef and owner of the three-Michelin star restaurant L’Arpege in Paris
1968
American chef and farmer
1977
Irish chef
