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November 2005
Last Updated December 2025
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November Food Holidays
A Bountiful Harvest Including National Holidays for Cake, Candy, French Toast, Sundaes, Parfaits...And Pickles
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You may think Thanksgiving is such a big food holiday, with a bonus week of leftovers, that one should not seek more in November. Take a look at this list of temptations, and think again!
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Each day of the month has something to celebrate, too:
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The month ends with National Mousse Day, November 30—a pretty terrific finale. Photo by
Nathalie Dulex | SXC.
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*Stir-up Sunday is the last Sunday before Advent, the day when families traditionally gather to prepare the Christmas pudding. The tradition dates back to Victorian times, when the family would gather five weeks before Christmas to stir the Christmas pudding. There is a myriad of recipes for Christmas pudding, but the traditional version contains 13 ingredients to represent Jesus and his disciples.
**Another National Doughnut Day is celebrated on the first Friday of June. The June holiday was the first one.
***Native Americans have contributed much to the global food supply. It is often said that roughly 60% of the world's food supply today originated from the agricultural innovations of Indigenous peoples in the Americas. These include avocado, beans, berries (blackberries, blueberries, cranberries, elderberries, huckleberries, raspberries, strawberries, and others), chocolate, corn (maize), peppers (bell and chile peppers), peanuts, popcorn, potatoes and sweet potatoes, squash (including pumpkins), sunflower seeds, tomatoes, turkey, and wild rice.
†In the U.K. today, “pudding” is the name for what Americans call steamed cakes and other desserts. Pudding originally referred to encased meats similar to sausages that were steamed or boiled. By the latter half of the 18th century, traditional English puddings no longer included meat. They were still boiled, but the finished product was cake-like (like plum pudding). Our creamy, modern puddings descend from this tradition of steaming sweet ingredients. Here’s more about it.
††Pocky and Pretz are popular Japanese stick snacks, enjoyed worldwide. Both are very thin and resemble the number “1.” Pocky are chocolate-covered, and Pretz are savory.
‡There is also National Ice Cream Sundae Day on July 8th. Here are all the ice cream holidays.
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