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Food & drink takeaways - 8 August

David Knight • 8 August 2024

A curated taster menu of every day's food & drink associations

It’s the day an English regional specialty is saluted; that marks the birth of an essential kitchen appliance and sees two of the world’s top 100 chefs celebrating birthdays. 

 Some of the ingredients that make up 8 August. . .

Celebration days

UK: Oatcake Day

Celebrating Staffordshire – specifically north Staffordshire – and its delicious oaty delicacy (see header pic)

Tanzania: Farmers and Peasants Day

The country pays tribute to farmers and peasants for helping to provide food and keep agriculture thriving

Chinese Father’s Day

"Today used to be Father’s Day in China (before the revolution) and is still a day to honour fathers in certain Chinese-speaking areas, including Taiwan"


Unofficial

USA: Frozen Custard Day

USA: Mochi Day

Food firsts

1899

American inventor Albert T. Marshall receives a US patent for the refrigerator – although it will take a few more years for them to become common in households

“It included an automatic motor cut-off in case it was needed, and a means for automatically regulating the water used for cooling the refrigerant.”

Food birthdays

1896

Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings

Pulitzer Prize winning American novelist and cookbook author, Cross Creek Cookery

1898

Marguerite Bise

French chef and restaurateur known for her culinary excellence and three Michelin stars. One of the 'World 100 Best Chefs' 

1947

Lucia Pavin

Italian chef, considered one of the first chefs to import nouvelle cuisine in Italy and combining it with Italian cuisine

1971

Olivier Bellin

French chef with two Michelin stars for his restaurant L’Auberge des Glazicks. One of the 'World 100 Best Chefs'

1989

Fatima Ali

Pakistani-American chef, restaurateur and TV personality, tragically died at the age of 29. Posthumously won two James Beard Foundation Awards for her writing

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