Pudding Season begins October first. Start it off with this delicious butterscotch pudding recipe from chocolatier Michael Recchiuti. Photo by Duard van der Westhuizen | IST.
October 2005
Last Updated October 2017
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National Food Holidays: October
And You Thought Halloween Was The Big Event!
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As the days get shorter, you won’t even notice...you’ll be too busy planning parties to celebrate these momentous occasions. Some enable entire month-long festivities:
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If you’re only looking for a week-long festivity, then select from:
- National Fruit At Work Day (1st
Tuesday)
- National Kale Day (1st Wednesday)
- National Chili Week (1st Week)
- American Beer Week (2nd Week)
- National Bulk Foods Week (3rd Week)
- National Food Bank Week (2nd
Week)
- National School Lunch Week (2nd
Week)
- World Egg Day (2nd Friday)
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Day-long festivities:
- National Dessert Day, the second Thursday of the month
- Global Champagne Day, the fourth Friday of the month
The rest of October’s line-up includes:
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October 4 is National Taco Day. Make these delicious braised beef tacos with mole sauce. Photo courtesy McCormick. |
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October 18 is National Pasta Day, October 4 is National Taco Day. Merge the two—pasta with fresh salsa—shown above. Photo courtesy National Pasta Association. Find pasta recipes. |
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October 18 is National Chocolate Cupcake Day. These lovelies are from The Cupcake Fairy in San Francisco. Find reviews of our favorite cupcakes plus cupcake recipes. |
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