Food Holidays

In addition to the standard holidays that are associated with food, such as Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas, Valentine's Day, and the Fourth of July, there are now hundreds of national food days. In fact, each and every day of the year has been designated as a holiday for at least one food, and often there are actually multiple food holidays on the same day.http://www.tfdutch.com/foodh.htm This page features a master list of national and international food days for all 365 days of the year and leap day.

According to The Nibble website and Stay Free Magazine, food commemoration days in the United States are designated by the President of the United States or the U.S. Senate.http://www.thenibble.com/fun/more/facts/food-holidays.asphttp://www.stayfreemagazine.org/archives/13/holidays.html Petitions that request a specific day be designated as celebrating a certain cause, event or food may be submitted by public relations firms, trade associations or others who have a special interest. Currently, there are many days called national food holidays, but most of these have not been recognized by Congress.

January Food Holidays

After December and the end-of-the-year holiday season, many find the month of January to be rather boring; however, there are plenty of reasons to celebrate during January. So break out the bread machine or better yet, purchase a new one, have a great breakfast of whole wheat toast, oatmeal, eggs and fresh juice with a nice cup of hot tea. then go ahead and indulge in your favorite candy. You would still have more to celebrate, as there are 10 month long holidays and celebrations.

January is:

National Bread Machine Baking Month

National Candy Month

National Egg Month

National Fresh Squeezed Juice Month

National Hot Tea Month

National Meat Month

National Oatmeal Month

National Prune Breakfast Month

National Soup Month

National Wheat Bread Month

There are a number of week long holidays and celebrations including, National Pizza Week in the second week, and two observances in the fourth week, National Meat Week and National Irish Coffee Week.http://www.tfdutch.com/foodh.htm To round out the month, there are also a wide variety of daily celebrations and observances ranging alphabetically from National Apricot Day to National Tempura Day.

January 1: New Year's Day, National Apple Gifting Day

January 2: National Cream Puff Day

January 3: National Chocolate Covered Cherry Day

January 4: National Spaghetti Day

January 5: National Whipped Cream Day

January 6: National Shortbread Day, National Bean Day

January 7: National Tempura Day, National Fruitcake Toss Day

January 8: National English Toffee Day

January 9: National Apricot Day

January 10: National Bittersweet Chocolate Day

January 11: National Milk Day, National Hot Toddy Day

January 12: National Marzipan Day, National Curried Chicken Day

January 13: National Peach Melba Day

January 14: National Hot Pastrami Sandwich Day

January 15: National Strawberry Ice Cream Day, National Fresh Squeezed Day

January 16: National Fig Newton Day, Hot & Spicy International Food Day

January 17: National Hot Butter Rum Day

January 18: National Peking Duck Day

January 19: National Popcorn Day

January 20: National Buttercrunch Day, National Cheese Lover's Day, National Granola Bar Day

January 21: National New England Clam Chowder Day

January 22: National Blonde Brownie Day

January 23: National Pie Day, National Rhubarb Pie Day

January 24: National Peanut Butter Day

January 25: National Irish Coffee Day

January 26: National Peanut Brittle Day, National Pistachio Day

January 28: National Blueberry Pancake Day

January 29: National Corn Chip Day

January 30: National Croissant Day

January 31: National Brandy Alexander Day

February Food Holidays

When it comes to celebrations, most people associate February with Valentine's Day, but there are many other reasons to celebrate in the shortest month of the year. Don't wait until the 14th to begin to have fun this month, instead celebrate all month long. Bake a chocolate pie in honor of Great American Pies Month and Chocolate Month, or better yet a chocolate, cherry pie since February is also National Cherry Month. Improve your diet with heart healthy food and more fiber (National Heart Healthy month and National Fiber Focus month), or bake a potato one day (Potato Lovers Month) and then bake a sweet potato the next (National Sweet Potato Month). Top it all off with your favorite snack.http://www.thenibble.com/fun/more/facts/holidays-february.asp

February is:

Canned Food Month

Chocolate Month

Great American Pies Month

National Cherry Month

National Fiber Focus month

National Grapefruit Month

National Heart Healthy Month

National Hot Breakfast Month

National Snack Food Month

Potato Lover's Month

National Sweet Potato Month.

Week long holidays for February are:

- First week of February is Shape up with Pickles Time
- Second week is the Great American Pizza Bake Celebration
- Third week is Kraut and Frankfurter week
- Fourth week is National Pancake Week.

If that is not enough celebrating for such a short month then check out the list below for the Daily Food Holidays.http://www.thenibble.com/fun/more/facts/holidays-february.asp

February 1: National Baked Alaska Day

February 2: National Heavenly Hash Day

February 3: National Carrot Cake Day

February 4: National Homemade Soup Day, National Stuffed Mushroom Day

February 5: National Chocolate Fondue Day

February 6: National Food Checkout Day, National Nutella Day

February 7: National Fettuccine Alfredo Day

February 8: National Molasses Bar Day

February 9: National Bagels and Lox Day

February 10: National Cream Cheese Brownie Day

February 11: National Peppermint Patty Day, National Don't Cry over Spilled Milk Day

February 12: National Plum Pudding Day