National Waffle Day actually has receipts: on August 24, 1869, Cornelius Swartwout patented an improved stovetop waffle iron designed to flip safely without burning the cook. Syrup-catching grids came later. Breakfast technology has come remarkably far.

It’s National Eat a Peach Day, landing exactly when late-summer peaches are at their fragrant, juice-running-down-your-arm best. Buy the ones that actually smell like peaches. Eat over the sink. Dignity can resume in September.

August 18 is National Fajita Day. The Tex-Mex staple traces back to Mexican vaqueros in 1930s Texas, who were sometimes paid with less-desirable beef cuts like skirt steak. Proof that “cheap cut” and “bad dinner” are very different things.