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January Food Holidays

Happy New Year! The Holidays (Food Holidays, That Is) Are Just Beginning!

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• January 1: National Bloody Mary Day
• January 1: Apple Gifting Day
• January 2: National Buffet Day
• January 2: National Cream Puff Day
• January 2: National Swiss Cheese Day
• January 3: National Chocolate Covered Cherry Day
• January 4: National Spaghetti Day
• January 5: National Keto Day
• January 5: National Whipped Cream Day
• January 6: Apple Tree Day
• January 6: National Bean Day
• January 6: Epiphany: Make an Epiphany Cake
• January 6: National Shortbread Day
• January 7: National Tempura Day
• January 8: Honoring Elvis Presley
• January 8: National English Toffee Day
• January 9: National Apricot Day
• January 9: National Cassoulet Day
• January 10: National Bittersweet Chocolate Day
• January 10: National Oysters Rockefeller Day
• January 11: National Milk Day

January 11: National Hot Toddy Day† January 12: National Curried Chicken Day January 12: National Hot Tea Day January 12: National Marzipan Day January 13: National Peach Melba Day January 13: National Gluten-Free Day January 14: National Booch/National Kombucha Day January 14: National Hot Pastrami Sandwich Day January 15: National Bagel Day (Thomas’)* January 15: National Fresh Squeezed Juice Day January 15: National Kombucha Day a.k.a. National Booch Day**** January 15: National Strawberry Ice Cream Day January 16: International Hot & Spicy Food Day** January 16: National Fig Newton Day January 16: National Quinoa Day January 17: National Bootlegger’s Day January 17: National Hot Buttered Rum Day† January 18: National Peking Duck Day January 19: National Popcorn Day and 40 Savory & Sweet Popcorn Recipes January 20: National Buttercrunch Day January 20: National Cheese Lover’s Day January 20: National Coffee Break Day January 21: National Granola Bar Day

Discover some new cheeses on January 20th, National Cheese Lovers Day. These goat cheese crottins are from one of our favorite cheesemakers, Vermont Creamery. Another of our favorite cheeses is Cowgirl Creamery’s Red Hawk. Both are NIBBLE Top Picks Of The Week.

• January 21: National New England Clam Chowder Day‡

January 22: National Blonde Brownie (Blondie) Day†† January 22: National Hot Sauce Day January 22: National Southern Food Day‡‡‡‡ January 23: National Pie Day January 23rd: National Rhubarb Pie Day January 23: National Sticky Toffee Pudding Day January 24: National Peanut Butter Day January 25: National Fish Taco Day‡‡‡‡‡ January 25: National Irish Coffee Day January 25: Burns Night January 26: International Port Wine Day January 26: National Green Juice Day January 26: National Peanut Brittle Day January 27: National Chocolate Cake Day January 28: National Blueberry Pancake Day*** January 29: National Corn Chip Day January 29: National Gnocchi Day January 30: National Croissant Day January 31: National Brandy Alexander Day January 31: National Brussels Sprouts Day January 31: National Hot Chocolate Day*****

German Chocolate Cake is just one of the delicious options for Chocolate Cake Day, January 27. Photo courtesy MackenzieLtd.com. German Chocolate Cake has nothing to do with Germany. Here’s the scoop.

Continue To February Holidays

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*National Bagel Day is January 15th. National Bagels & Lox Day is February 9th. National Bagelfest Day is July 26th. In 2018, the Thomas’ English Muffin division of Bimbo Bakeries USA decided to move the date from February 9 to January 15 to avoid competing with National Pizza Day. However, this was a marketing decision of a single company and not an “official” holiday.

**National Hot & Spicy Food Day is August 19th.

***National Pancake Day is March 5th. International Pancake Day is held on Shrove Tuesday, (the day before Ash Wednesday), which can be the last Tuesday in February or the first Tuesday in March

****World Kombucha Day is February 21st.

*****National Cocoa Day is 12/13th.

†Hot Toddy Day (1/11) and Hot Buttered Rum Day (1/17) celebrate almost the same drink. A hot toddy can be made with any spirit, whereas hot buttered rum is made with rum.

††This is the date established by the Farmers’ Union of Wales (FUW). Elsewhere in the U.K., it is celebrated in November.

‡January 21st is National New England Clam Chowder Day, a recipe with a cream base. Since there is no official Manhattan Clam Chowder Day (a tomato base), consider 2/25, the generic National Clam Chowder Day, a stand-in.

‡‡ May 9th is National Butterscotch Brownie Day, one of the names for a blondie. Here’s the scoop.

‡‡‡ In addition to National Hot Chocolate Day on 1/31, there is National Cocoa Day on 12/13.

‡‡‡‡ Southern Food Heritage Day is celebrated on October 11th.

‡‡‡‡‡ January 25th is National Fish Taco Day, March 21st is National Crunchy Taco Day, March 31st is Día del Taco (in Mexico), and October 4th is National Taco Day. Not to mention Taco Tuesdays.