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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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National Cream Puff Day celebrates cream puffs! The cream puff, or the ‘Profiterole’ in French, is a pastry ball filled a sweet filling such as whipped cream, custard, pastry cream or ice cream. The word...
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National Croissant Day celebrates the airy pastry called the croissant. Croissants' first appear in 1683 in Austria, so the legend goes. At that time, the Ottoman Empire besieged Vienna, Austria. The Aust...
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<h1>2020 is the Year of the Cucumber</h1><br>Cucumbers, (or gherkins in Britain) are a favored vegetable the world over. You'll find them in the salads of the Middle East, in dainty sandwiches and of cour...
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The Tamil word 'kari' is the origin of the word 'curry' in English. This southeast Asia/Indian spice includes a blend of spices, usually cumin, turmeric, coriander and often peppers in a base of coconut m...
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On this day in 1922, Christian Kent Nelson of Onawa, Iowa, along with his business partner Russell C. Stover, obtained US patent number 1,404,539 for the "Eskimo Pie" ice cream bar. At the time this was...
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Are you a guy? Are you fabulous? Do you like to do 'wild' things (or maybe you like 'wild' women?) If you answered 'YES' to these questions, congratulations January 12th of each year is your day! Althou...
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A Fig Newton is a soft cookie filled with fig jam. A machine invented in 1891 made the mass production of Fig Newtons possible. James Henry Mitchell invented a machine which funneled the dough and jam i...
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Fresh Squeezed Juice Week was created by the Juice and Smoothie Association (JASA) to educate consumers about the juice and smoothie industry, promote the juice bar franchises, and independent juice bars....
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This event was created as a joke, but has become a wonderful fundraising opportunity for charities. It’s always newsworthy, and the dense consistency of fruitcakes makes them highly mobile when thrown....
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January is National Mail Order Gardening Month. Why January? Because few things excite gardening enthusiasts during the height of the winter more than the reminder that spring is on its way.
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Granula, as it was originally called, found its origin in an 1863 Sanitarium, Jackson Sanitarium. It was popularized by Dr. James Caleb Jackson, Dansville, New York as a way to improve digestion. The n...
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Created in 2016 as a promotional tool, International Green Juice Day was created to feature Evolution Fresh's line of green juice vegetable smoothies and encourage people to renew their commitment to heal...
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Healthy Weight Week urges people to educate themselves on not dieting, rather opting for a healthy lifestyle of sensible eating and an active lifestyle. Timed during the third week of January when many p...
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Each year since 1991, the International Herb Associations choose an herb or spice to represent that year. 2020 is the year of Rubus. Rubus are the class of berries which include blackberries and raspberri...
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International Hot and Spicy Food Day honors all the amazing hot and spicy foods out there, whether they are part of the Mexican cuisine, Indian cuisine or any other.
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What better way to warm up a cold winter day than with hot chocolate? National Hot Chocolate Day is embraced by many restaurants, confectioners and fast food restaurants throughout the nation. At many you...
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Hot Pastrami Sandwich Day warms up mid-January every year. The name pastrami is Balkan, from the word ‘pastramă’, the origins of which can be trace back through Greek to Turkish. This type of wind-dried b...
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National Hot Tea Month and National Hot Tea Day (Day created in 2016) are promoted by Tea Council of the USA and encourage tea-lovers across the nation to share their favorite tea stories for a chance to...
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National Hot Tea Month and National Hot Tea Day (Day created in 2016) are promoted by Tea Council of the USA and both encourage tea-lovers across the nation to share their favorite tea stories for a chanc...
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First held in 2019, National Keto Day serves to educate the public on the benefits of a low carb, high protein diet. Throughout the week of this event, National Keto Day sponsor The Vitamin Shoppe® holds...