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The food category is enormous and the second most populated non-nation category in the calendar. It deals with nutrition, food (anything eaten), and non-alcoholic beverages. This category includes eating preferences like vegetarian, vegan, and gluten-free.
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Rejoice fruitcake lovers, this is your day! Besides the fact it is extra delicious and not as unhealthy as a 'typical' cake because it contains fruit inside, as the name suggests, fruitcakes have been a...
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The origins of the Pepper Pot Day and of the pepper pot itself, go to the Revolutionary War. As the American army was camped at Valley Forge for ten days, on this night, an especially harsh winter night,...
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It's the end of the year and the countdown to the New Year's Diet Resolution. Time to satiate all those cravings, ergo National Bacon Day. Like so many great things, from sunglasses to pasta, bacon orig...
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The apricot or ‘Armenian plum’ is often touted as a super food. High in iron with properties that are believe to protect against inflammation and improve eyesight, the apricot has been a favorite summer t...
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First held in 2014, National Bagel Day celebrates the doughnut shaped circular bread that has become a breakfast and lunch favorite in America. The bagel originated in Krakow Poland in 1610.
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Today marks the anniversary of the death of Austrian scientist Gregor Mendel in 1884. Mendel is the founder of the modern field of Genetics and performed his work through the study of beans and legumes. H...
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Signed at the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro in 1992 and put in force in December 1993, the Convention on Biological Diversity is an international treaty for biodiversity conservation. <br><br>Biodiversit...
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Dark chocolate in Europe, or bittersweet baker’s chocolate in the Americas, is a minimum of 35% pure cocoa with little or no sweetener added. Of all the chocolates in the world, dark chocolate is the mos...
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National Blonde Brownie Day recognizes the blonde brownie, which is actually the first brownie ever included in a cookbook, The Boston Cooking-School Cookbook by Fanny Merrit Farmer in 1896. This book c...
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Blueberries are native to the United States, but they’ve only been part of the American diet for the past 100 years. Blueberries are packed with anti-oxidants, low in calorie and blend well with a number...
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National Buffet Day celebrates the Swedish dining invention of the 16th century originally referred to as a ‘smorgasbord’. A smorgasbord, or buffet, is meal designed to accompanying pre-dinner drinks li...
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Burns Night Supper is celebrated every year on January 25 by Scotland and poetry lovers worldwide. On this night people honor the birth, the life and the art of Robert Burns who is considered one of gre...
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National Buttercrunch Day in the U.S. celebrates the candy known as buttercrunch, (think of the center of a Butterfinger® bar). Like most food holidays, this day is properly celebrated by cooking and ea...
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Cheese Lover's Day celebrates cheese. Cheese appears to be one of those foods that no one quite knows where it came from. All regions of the world have it. It can be made out of milk from any animal....
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Love chocolate cake? Then you have James Baker to thanks. Baker invented chocolate as we know it today, that is, in a form that could easily be cooked. In 1764 Mr. Baker placed beans between millstones...
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Chocolate Covered Cherry Day celebrates the cordial of cherries covered in chocolate. The idea of covering fruits, nuts and even nougat with chocolate wasn’t really possible until the 19th Century. The t...
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This is one of two unofficial events celebrating clam chowder. The other is in February 25. Their are several varieties of clam chowder, the most common being New England (white sauce), Manhattan (red sa...
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National Corn Chip Day is a day to acknowledge and honor fried or baked cornmeal, divided into bite-sized pieces, usually sold in bags and eaten either alone or with a dip. Since 1932, people have been...