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May 2005
Last Updated June 2022

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You Don’t Have To Wait For The Big Barbecue Weekend~There Are Celebrations Every Day Of The Month!

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May is verdant, May is exciting, May is filled with fun food holidays:

Other foods to honor:

National Raisin Week and National Herb Week are both held during the first week of the month.
National Hamburger Week is the second week of the month**.
International Pickles Week is the third week.
National Pizza Party Day is the third Friday.
World Whiskey Day is the third Saturday.
National Frozen Yogurt Week and American Craft Beer Week are held during the fourth week.
International Chardonnay Day is the fourth Thursday.
National Barbecue Day is on Memorial Day Monday.

May 1: International Sauvignon Blanc Day
May 1: National Chocolate Parfait Day
May 1: National Salad Day
May 2: National Truffles Day‡‡†
May 2: World Tuna Day
May 3: National Chocolate Custard Day
May 3: National Raspberry Tart Day
May 4: National Homebrew Day
May 4: National Orange Juice Day
May 4: National Candied Orange Peel Day
May 5: Cinco de Mayo
May 5: National Enchilada Day
May 5: National Hoagie Day*
May 5: National Totally Chipotle Day
May 6: National Beverage Day
May 6: National Crêpes Suzette Day
May 6: International No Diet Day
May 7: National Roast Leg of Lamb Day
May 8: National Coconut Cream Pie Day
May 8: National Empanada Day
May 8: Have A Coke Day
May 9: National Butterscotch Brownie Day†
May 9: National Moscato Day
May 10: National Liver & Onions Day

May 10: National Shrimp Day
May 11: National Eat What You Want Day
May 12: National Nutty Fudge
Day
May 13 National Apple Pie Day
May 13: National Fruit Cocktail
Day
May 13: National Hummus Day
May 13: World Cocktail Day
May 14: National Buttermilk
Biscuit Day
May 15: National Chocolate Chip
Day ††††
May 15: World Whiskey Day****
May 16: National Barbecue Day
May 16: National Chartreuse Day
May 16: National Coquilles Saint
Jacques Day
May 16: National Mimosa Day
May 17: National Cherry Cobbler
Day

Shrimp & Remoulade Dip

May 10 is National Shrimp Day. We served these tasty crustaceans with LuLu’s Saffron Aioli. Photo by Ryan Pike.

May 20: National Quiche Lorraine Day
May 20: National Pick Strawberries Day
May 21: National Strawberries and Cream Day
May 22: National Craft Distillery Day
May 22: National Vanilla Pudding Day
May 22: World Paloma Day
May 23: National Taffy Day
May 24: National Asparagus Day
May 24: National Escargot Day
May 25: National Brown-Bag-It Day
May 25: National iced Coffee Day
May 25: National Wine Day
May 26: National Blueberry Cheesecake Day

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* May 5th is National Hoagie Day. November 4th is National Submarine Sandwich Day. And someone decided that we needed a National Eat A Hoagie Day on September 14th and Submarine-Hoagie-Grinder Day on October 9th.

†There’s National Blondie Day on January 22nd. Blondie is another name for Butterscotch Blondie. Here’s the scoop.

‡Some sources list March 22 as National Coq Au Vin Day. It may be a locally declared holiday rather than a national one. We’ve double-listed it in March.

**May is National Hamburger Month. The second week in May is National Hamburger Week. May 28th is National Hamburger Day.

End the month by celebrating National Macaroon Day. These lovelies are the French version, macarons, from Mad Mac Macarons, a NIBBLE Top Pick Of The Week.

‡‡There are two types of truffles. The original is the highly expensive fungus related to the mushroom. Chocolate truffles are named after them.

***This holiday celebrates the artisan cheeses made by American cheesemakers, not the processed product called American cheese. It was formerly held in October but was changed by the American Cheese Foundation to align with the arrival of spring cheeses.

****International Whiskey Day is March 27th.

†††World Tuna Day was established to promote more sustainable fishing practices.

††††National Chocolate Chip Cookie Day is August 4th.

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