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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 Junk Food Day celebrates the high-calorie, low-nutrition foods people crave. This unsponsored, unofficial holiday is an excuse to skip the diet and load up on the sweets and treats we usually co...
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National Penuche Fudge Day is a food holiday focusing on the penuche, a fudge variety native to New England. Penuche may have originated with Boston Bruins player Mark Penuche in 1924, a maple syrup lov...
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National Hot Dog Day is celebrated in the US, Canada, Great Britain, and Australia and honors the hot dog as a popular snack. During this time, there are hotdog festivals, beer-drinking contests, and face...
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Vanilla Ice Cream Day celebrates the world's favorite flavor of ice cream, vanilla. It is an unofficial event with no sponsor.
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National Drive-thru Day commemorates the opening of the first drive-thru by Jack in the Box on July 24, 1951.
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Created by former craft beer brewer Traveler Beer Company, National Refreshment Day is a day to sit back, relax and enjoy your favorite beverage, with alcohol or not. Today, retailers, restaurants, and ba...
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Culinarians’ Day celebrates the people who feed us and tempt our palate with delightful decadence. It is a tribute to the culinary arts profession. Have a favorite chef or cook? Today, give them the nigh...
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National Coffee Milkshake Day is a day set aside each year to indulge in this blended treat. Indulge in commercial versions sold through major chains, or you can make your own with cold-brewed coffee, ice...
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National Milk Chocolate Day celebrates the sweet and creamy version of chocolate favored by children known as milk chocolate. Adults prefer darker chocolate, which is higher in cocoa with less sugar. Al...
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Cheese Sacrifice Purchase Day is an unofficial holiday with no sponsor promoting ridding your house of pests. The idea is to purchase some cheese and sacrifice a piece in a mouse trap to cleanse your home...
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National Lasagna Day celebrates the Italian casserole called lasagna. Lasagna gets its name from the pasta used to make it, one of the oldest versions of pasta in the world. Lasagna is a wide flat pasta,...
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National Cheesecake Day celebrates the decadent dessert made of creamed cheese, eggs, flour, vanilla, and sugar with a crushed graham cracker base. Cheesecake has always been famous, even during the time...
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Chili Dog Day celebrates the combination of two American inventions: the hot dog and chili. You can't understand the Southwestern United States without understanding its affinity for chili. Chili is a M...
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Patent Day commemorates the passing of the Patent Act of 1790. The US Patent System allows the inventor to protect and profit from a unique product or idea. The Patent Act of 1790 was the first act pass...
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National Raspberry Cake Day honors raspberry cake. On this day, people bake their versions of raspberry cake, buy at their favorite cake shop and share a slice or two with family and friends. As this is...
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World Agriculture Day is a bridge between agriculture and the people. It fosters a sense of identification with agriculture—one of the essential human activities that feed us daily based on intelligent ag...
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National Almond Buttercrunch Day commemorates almond buttercrunch, created in 1923. This candy was made popular during World War II when it was shipped to soldiers overseas. Brown & Haley, a candy compa...
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If you love apple strudel, Apple Strudel Day is for you. In celebration of this sweet, strudel competitions abound with awards for the best recipe given. This sweet pastry originated in Vienna, Austria....
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Applesauce Cake Day commemorates this traditional cake and its historical importance. During WWI, bread and cake ingredients were rationed. Because of this, people replaced several ingredients with appl...
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First held in 1959, the Castroville Artichoke Food & Wine Festival is a two-day event held at the Monterey County Fairgrounds celebrating the artichoke and other foods and products from California: live m...