Many dishes are prepared or served for a special occasion or historic event. Especially children enjoy these special meals or snacks. It is also a good occasion to talk about cultural and historical aspects of life in general and food in particular, whilst enjoying the delicious dishes.

Today is the birthday of Worldcook (age unknown, probably around 21) and daughter (1996). As Worldcook lives in beautiful Limburg, she decided to bake a delicious "linzentaart". 

Pedro lvares Cabal was the first European to arrive in Brazil (and this "discover" it) in 1500. The 22nd of April is Discovery day, to celebrate this fact.

The first of pril is "April Fool", the day for practical jokes. A fool is also is sort of dessert, with cream, sugar and fruit, like mango fool or orange fool. This dessert is popular in the UK.

On 23 April 1920, the first National Meeting in the new Republic of Turkey was held; in 1925 Atatürk gave it to the children. In 1979, UNESCO declared it International Children's Day.

On 2 April 1982, Argentina occupied Las Malvinas (Falkland Islands) and remembers the fallen soldiers on Malvinas Day. The inhabitants of the Malvinas celebrate the end of the war, 14 June.

Vaisakhi, an ancient harvest festival is celebrated in Punjab, India (and some other places close to it). It is a Sikh religious festival and marks the beginning of a new solar year.

The Gambia became independent from Great Britain on 18 February 1965 and on 24 April 1971, the Republic was declared. The Gambia has also been occupied by Portugal, all mainly because of slave trade.

Graham Greene, the British writer, died on the 3rd of April 1991. One of his famous books, which makes fun of the British Secret Service  is "Our man in Havana", and it is set in that city.

The Mekong Water Festival is celebrated in Myanmar (Thingyan), Thailand (Songkran), Laos (Pimai) and Cambodia (Chnam Thmey). It lasts 4 to 5 days. The water is said to wash away the sins for the new year.

On 4 April 1960, Senegal became independent from France. It had been known as "Afrique-Occidentale française" before and only in 1902 Dakar replaced St Louis as capital.

The 15th of April is the birthday of Kim Il-sung, and to celebrate this the Arirang festival is started, a gymnastics and artistic festival in Pyong Yang, Korea that takes two months.

The asparagus season has started again. The first asparagus from Dutch Limburg are ready for consumption. Attack quickly, because they may only be harvested until the 24th of June.

On 25 April 1945, the Allied Forces freed Italy from Mussolini. On this day, the Festa della liberazione, the Italians celebrate their freedom and commemorate those, who fought in the resistance.

Today is the celebration of Chakri Day in Thailand. It is to celebrate the founding of the Chakri Dynasty and the simultaneous founding of Bangkok in 1782, King Bhumibol is the ninth ruler of this dynasty.

On the 17 April 1492, Columbus signed a contract with Isabella from Castilla, enabling him to finance trips around the world; a clause gave him a share of the profit. He did not find what he aimed for, but he did discover America.

Karume Day in Tanzania is celebrated for Sheikh Abeid Amani Karume (1905-1972), the first president of Zanzibar in 1964. He became vice president of Tanzania 3 months later.

Zimbabwe has traded in gold, ivory and copper. Long before British Cecil Rhodes made it Rhodesia (1888), the country was known as "The Kingdom of Mapungubwe". On the 18 April 1980 it became independent again.

On 8 April 1985, an industrial catastrophe happened in India: the Bhopal disaster. Thousands of people died as gas leaked from the pesticide producing plant  Union Carbide. A good day to use biological food in honor of the victims.

The 28th of April is "National Day of Mourning" in Canada. One commemorates all those who have been and still are killed or injured on the job and it was started by the Canadian Union of Public Employees in 1985.

Today is Martyr's Day in Tunisia. It is a memorial day for those, who battled against the French and managed to gain the country's independence in 1956.

20 April 1862, Louis Pasteur finalized the first pasteurization tests. We would not be able to have for instance all kinds of fruit yogurt which are available nowadays without pasteurization.

9 April is Day of National Unity in Georgia. 9 April 1989 is known as the Tbilisi tragedy, when the Soviet army dispersed a demonstration, leading to 20 deaths. The picture shows chatsjapoeri, a Georgian stuffed bread.

Romulus and Remus were discarded in a wicker basket and floated on the Tiber until they met a wolf who raised them. On 21 April 753, Romulus was mature enough to establish Rome.

On 10 April 1912, the Titanic left Southampton, England for her first and last voyage. An iceberg got in the way and created inspiration for a movie. A sea fish dish makes you think of her.