Food

Although cupcakes have existed for centuries, their prominence and design are relatively recent. Due to a dearth of what we now refer to as muffin tins, the origin of the name of this sweet is the baking of cakes in cups.

The exact date of the first observance of National Coconut Cream Pie Day cannot be determined through exhaustive research, but the pie itself has been around for a very long time.

Coke was originally created almost 125 years ago as a cocaine-fueled medicinal elixir, but by the time the baby boom generation was of drinking age in the 1960s, it had become the non-narcotic beverage of choice.

May 7 is National Homebrew Day. It is an annual event organised by the American Homebrewers Association to honour the craft of beer making.

Lamb is the tender flesh of sheep aged between 10 and 14 months, whereas mutton refers to the meat of older sheep. Hogget is an alternative term for sheep's meat, but in this context, it refers to livestock in their second year.

National Cosmopolitan Day honours the enduringly iconic and glamorous cosmopolitan cocktail. This enjoyable vacation was created by the famous traveller Jace Shoemaker-Galloway.