Your 25 October food & drink takeaways
Favourite dish of an art colossus and the Champagne regrets of a national treasure on the day that the world celebrates it.
Just some of food & drink delights that 25 October brings to the table.
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A curated taster menu of every day’s food & drink associations
Celebration days
2024
Champagne Day (fourth Friday of October)
"The celebration is promoted by the Comité Interprofessionnel du vin de Champagne (CIVC), a trade association representing the interests of Champagne houses and independent Champagne producers."
"Italian cuisine is incredibly diverse, with pasta shapes, recipes and sauces varying greatly from place to place. Here are our top picks for each of Italy's 20 regions in honour of this year's World Pasta Day."
UK Sausage Week (24 Oct – 3 Nov)
Spain: Day of the Basque Country
Unofficial
USA: Greasy Foods Day
USA: Breadstick Day
Food art of the day
Bowl of Fruit, Violin and Bottle by Spanish art colossus Pablo Picasso, born on this day in 1881.
According to The Artist’s Palate by Frank Fedele (published by Dorling Kindersley) Picasso's favourite dish was Matelote d’Anguille – eel in brandy sauce {header photo}.
Food in writing
In his collection of prose Keeping On Keeping On (published by Profile Books) - documenting his years from 2005–2015 – much-loved English author and playwright Alan Bennett includes this entry for 25 October:
"I can never order Champagne in a restaurant. It’s not so much the appalling mark-up; it’s the way everybody turns to look when they hear the pop of the cork. Not the kind of attention I enjoy in any circumstances. Presumably they’re all wondering what is being celebrated, which in many cases is simply that someone has the wealth to drink Champagne in a restaurant."
