04/12/2026
"A cheese may disappoint. It may be dull, it may be naive, it may be oversophisticated. Yet it remains cheese, milk's leap toward immortality."
β Clifton Fadiman
If you believe you are what you eat, then National Grilled Cheese Day is the perfect moment to shave off (...or unwrap...) a slice of immortality, melt it between two pieces of bread, and digest the divine.
And tomato soup?
Like Batman and Robin, Lucy and Ethel, Mario and Luigi, Frodo and Samwise, Han and Chewy, Michael and Dwight, Penny and Brain, Wayne and Garth, Rumi Mira Zoey and Bobby, The Dude and Walter, Pooh and Piglet, Jay and Silent Bob, Fry and Bender, or Wallace and Gromit ( β who were, yes, highly attuned to the lunar immortality of cheese)...
While not officially "required" for a proper National Grilled Cheese Day celebration, that steady bowl of tomato soup is the classic lawful-good force multiplier. The OG 10xer.
And is now a good time to talk about sourdough being bread's own leap toward immortality as well? Making a grilled cheese on sourdough and dipping it in tomato soup is basically like discovering Mario's infinite lives staircase.
If you're reading this on April 12th, today is the day to make an Artemis-like leap toward your own immortality.
Looking for other days to celebrate your favorite foods?
Check out the full Menufy National Food Day Calendar for more food holidays worth celebrating: https://hubs.li/Q04bqvt20