The cheese calendar
64 markets, fairs, feasts and fasts of the year, with the cheeses each one calls for. Dates are worked out afresh every day; those marked "about" follow the moon or local calendars and can shift by a day.
November 2026
11 Nov 2026Cheese Day in JapanJapan's Cheese Day, chosen in 1992 to recall so, a milk product the imperial court ordered made around the year 700.
26 Nov 2026National Milk Day in IndiaIndia's milk day, on the birthday of Verghese Kurien, whose cooperatives made fresh milk and paneer part of daily life.
26 Nov 2026Thanksgiving and baked macaroni cheeseThe American harvest feast, where a baked dish of macaroni and Cheddar sits beside the turkey on many Southern tables.
March 2027
July 2027
11 to 13 Jul 2027Naadam and the white foodsMongolia's summer games of wrestling, archery and horse racing, in the season of fermented mare's milk and dried curd.
14 Jul 2027Bastille Day picnic and cheese boardFrance's national day of parades, fireworks and long lunches, when a board of French cheeses is part of the picnic.
14 Jul 2027National Macaroni and Cheese DayAn American food day on 14 July for macaroni and cheese, a dish served at the White House as early as 1802.Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Minas cheese: The original uploader was Hellkt at German Wikipedia . ( Original text, Public domain, source
- Naadam Dairy: Chongkian, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Japan Cheese Day: en:Nightshadow28, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Thanksgiving Mac And Cheese: Jennie Augusta Brownscombe, Public domain, source
- National Cheese Day Us: Unknown author, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- National Grilled Cheese Day: Willis Lam, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- St Davids Day Caerphilly: National Assembly for Wales, CC BY 2.0, source
- Bastille Day Cheese Board: Chief Petty Officer Michael McNabb, Public domain, source
- National Mac And Cheese Day: Matt MacGillivray, CC BY 2.0, source