2016 CALENDAR NATIONAL FOOD HOLIDAY (AND OTHER REASONS TO CELEBRATE THE DAY) JANUARY. Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

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1 CALENDAR NATIONAL FOOD HOLIDAY (AND OTHER REASONS TO CELEBRATE THE DAY) JANUARY Bloody Mary New Year s Buffet Cream Puff Happy Mew Year for Cats Chocolate Covered Cherry Quadrantids Meteor Shower Spaghetti Quadrantids Meteor Shower Whipped Cream Shortbread Bean Epiphany Tempura Fruitcake Toss English Toffee Apricot Bittersweet Chocolate Hot Toddy Marzipan Curried Chicken Glazed Doughnut Gluten-Free Peach Melba Hot Pastrami Sandwich Strawberry Ice Cream Fresh Squeezed Juice Fig Newton International Hot & Spicy Food Hot Buttered Rum Gourmet Coffee Peking Duck Martin Luther King, Jr. Popcorn Buttercrunch Cheese Lover s Aquarius (through February ) Granola Bar New England Clam Chowder Blonde Brownie Southern Food Soup Swap Pie Rhubarb Pie Peanut Butter Lobster Thermidor Full Moon " ( Full Wolf Moon) Irish Coffee Peanut Brittle Chocolate Cake Blueberry Pancake Corn Chip 0 Croissant Hot Chocolate Brandy Alexander National Hot Tea Month National Oatmeal Month National Slow Cooking Month National Soup Month National Baking Month National Fat Free Living Month Fat Free Living Month National Soup Swap Month Bread Machine Baking Month National Wheat Bread Month Full Moon " Also known as the Old Moon and the Moon After Yule

2 FEBRUARY Cake Pops Baked Alaska Dark Chocolate Tater Tot Heavenly Hash Groundhog s Carrot Cake Homemade Soup Stuffed Mushroom World Nutella Frozen Yogurt Chocolate Fondue Chopstix Fettuccine Alfredo National Molasses Bar Potato Lover s Chinese New Year (Monkey) Bagels & Lox Shrove Tuesday Cream Cheese Brownie Have a Brownie Ash Wednesday Peppermint Patty Plum Pudding PB&J Lincoln s Birthday Tortellini Italian Food * Cream-Filled Chocolates Valentine s Ì Gumdrop Chewing Gum Presidents Susan B. Anthony s Birthday Almond Indian Pudding Café Au Lait Drink Wine Crab Stuffed Flounder Chocolate Mint Muffin Pisces (through March ) Sticky Bun Biscuits & Gravy Cook a Sweet Potato Margarita Cherry Pie (Full Snow Moon) George Washington s Birthday Banana Bread Tortilla Chip Chocolate Covered Peanuts Clam Chowder Pistachio Chili Strawberry Kahlua Chocolate Souffle Frog Legs Surf & Turf National Cherry Month National Chocolate Lovers Month National Grapefruit Month National Hot Breakfast Month National Snack Food Month National Potato Lovers Month Canned Food Month Great American Pies Month Return Shopping Carts to the Supermarket Month st week of Feb- African Heritage & Health Week rd Weekend of February: National Margarita Weekend Fourth Thursday of the Month National Chili February th should also be National Red Velvet Heart Shaped Cake with Red Butter Cream Frosting * Also known as the Full Hunger Moon

3 MARCH Peanut Butter Lover s Banana Cream Pie Cold Cuts Mulled Wine Pound Cake Cheese Doodle Oreo Cookie Frozen Food Cereal Crown Roast of Pork Peanut Cluster Crab Total Solar Eclipse Ranch Dressing Blueberry Popover Eat Your Noodles Oatmeal-Nut Waffle Milky Way Baked Scallops Chicken Noodle Soup Coconut Torte * Potato Chip Pears Helene Peanut Lovers Artichoke Heart Eat Like an Irishman Green Beer St. Patrick s Ê Sloppy Joe Lacy Oatmeal Cookie Oatmeal Cookie Chocolate Caramel Ravioli First of Spring (Vernal Equinox) Palm Sunday Crunchy Taco French Bread Aries (through April ) Bavarian Crepes Water James T. Kirk s Birthday Chips & Dip (Full Worm Moon) Penumbral Lunar Eclipse Cake Pop Chocolate Covered Raisins International Waffle Good Friday Nougat Spanish Paella World Whisky Easter Black Forest Cake Something On A Stick Chiffon Cake (Lemon) 0 Turkey Neck Soup Oysters on the Half Shell Clam Oranges & Lemons Tater Cesar Chavez National Fresh Celery Month National Noodle Month National Flour Month National Frozen Food Month National Nutrition Month National Peanut Month National Hot Cross Bun (Good Friday) National Sauce Month National Caffeine Awareness Month Maple Sugar Month Great American Meatout Month International Hamburger & Pickle Month March th should also be National Yellow Cake with Chocolate Frosting * Also known as the Full Crow Moon, the Full Crust Moon, the Full Sap Moon, and the Lenten Moon.

4 APRIL Soylent Green* Sourdough Bread Peanut Butter & Jelly Chocolate Mousse Cordon Bleu Milk Powder (Debut ) Caramel Raisin & Spice Bar Dandelion day Ascension Cinco de Mayo Caramel Popcorn New Beer s Eve Fresh Tomato Coffee Cake Beer Empanada Milk in Glass Bottles Chinese Almond Cookie Cinnamon Crescent Cheese Fondue s Licorice Grilled Cheese Sandwich ** Peach Cobbler Thomas Jefferson s Birthday Pecan Glazed Spiral Ham Tax Eggs Benedict Baked Ham with Pineapple of the Mushroom Cheese ball World Malbec Animal Crackers Rice Ball Garlic Amaretto Pineapple Upside-Down Cake Taurus (through May ) Chocolate Covered Cashews Jelly Bean (Full Pink Moon) Lyrids Meteor Shower Cherry Cheesecake Picnic Lyrids Meteor Shower Passover (first day) Pigs-in-a-Blanket Zucchini Bread Pretzel Prime Rib Administrative Professional Blueberry Pie Shrimp Scampi 0 Oatmeal Cookie Raisin Mr. Potato Head Passover (last day) *Soylent Green is a film that was released on April, (or May, ), set in the year, about an Earth which is totally polluted and severely overpopulated. The natural resources have been depleted and the victual for the people is made by Soylent Industries, a company that purportedly manufactures the food using plankton from the oceans (or is it). It stars Charlton Heston. National BLT Sandwich Month National Florida Tomato Month National Food Month National Garden Month National Garlic Month National Grilled Cheese Month National Pecan Month National Soft Pretzel Month National Soyfoods Month National Public Health Week st week in April National Bake Week (begins st Monday) st week in April National Bubblegum Week rd week in April National Week of the Ocean rd week in April Egg Salad Week (movable holiday) Last week in April April -: National Egg Salad Week April th should also be Devil s Food Chocolate Cake with Whipped Cream Frosting ** Also known as the Sprouting Grass Moon, the Growing Moon, the Full Fish Moon and the Egg Moon.

5 MAY Chocolate Parfait Chocolate Mousse Truffles Raspberry Popover Raspberry Tart Chocolate Custard Candied Orange Peel Homebrew Hoagie Orange Juice Enchilada Chocolate Custard Totally Chipotle Hoagie Crepe Suzette Beverage International No Diet Eta Aquarids Meteor Shower Roast Leg of Lamb Eta Aquarids Meteor Shower Coconut Cream Pie Empanada Have A Coke Mother s Butterscotch Brownie Shrimp Eat What You Want Mocha Torte Nutty Fudge Apple Pie Fruit Cocktail Hummus Buttermilk Biscuit Chocolate Chip Barbecue Coquilles St. Jacques Cherry Cobbler Cheese Soufflé I Love Reese s Devil s Food Cake Spring Astronomy Quiche Lorraine Pick Strawberries Strawberries & Cream (Full Flower Moon) Armed Forces Gemini (through July) Vanilla Pudding Taffy Luke Skywalker s Birthday Escargot s Brown-Bag-It Wine Blueberry Cheesecake Cherry Dessert Grape Popsicle Brisket Hamburger Biscuit Coq Au Vin * 0 Mint Julep Memorial Macaroon *Coq au vin is a French dish of chicken braised with wine, lardons, mushrooms, and optionally garlic. National Asparagus Month National Barbecue Month National Beef Month National Chocolate Custard Month National Egg Month National Loaded Potato Month National Hamburger Month National Salad Month National Salsa Month National Strawberry Month National Hamburger Week Second Week of May National Frozen Yogurt Week Fourth Week of May May -: National Raisin Week May -: National Herb Week First Saturday in May: National Homebrew The rd Monday of May and the rest of the week: American Craft Beer Week International Pickles Week Third Week of May Also known as the Full Corn Planting Moon and the Milk Moon, and a Blue Moon

6 JUNE Hazelnut Cake Rocky Road Rotisserie Chicken Chocolate Macaroon Egg Eggs Benedict Cheese Frozen Yogurt Ketchup / Catsup Gingerbread Applesauce Cake D- Chocolate Ice Cream Ramadan Starts Jelly-Filled Doughnut Strawberry Rhubarb Pie Donald Duck s Birthday Iced-Tea Black Cow German Chocolate Cake Peanut Butter Cookie International Falafel Cupcake Lover s Strawberry Shortcake Flag US Army Birthday Lobster Fudge Apple Strudel Cherry Tart International Picnic Cheesemakers Martini Father s Vanilla Milkshake (Full Strawberry Moon) First of Summer (Summer Solstice) Peaches & Cream Chocolate Eclair Onion Ring Cancer (Through July ) Pecan Sandy Pralines Strawberry Parfait Catfish Chocolate Pudding Orange Blossom s Tapioca Almond Buttercrunch 0 Mai Tai Ice Cream Soda National Candy Month National Beef Steak Month National Dairy Month National Fresh Fruit and Vegetables Month National Iced Tea Month National Papaya Month National Seafood Month National Frozen Yogurt Month Turkey Lovers Month First Friday in June: National Donut Also known as the Full Rose Moon and the Full Honey Moon.

7 JULY Gingersnap Anisette Chocolate Wafer Eat Beans Barbecue Barbecued Spareribs Caesar Salad Birthday Sidewalk Egg Frying Independence Apple Turnover Graham Cracker Fried Chicken Strawberry Sundae Macaroni Ice Cream Cone Chocolate with Almonds Sugar Cookie Pina Colada Pick Blueberries Blueberry Muffin Mojito Vegetarian Food Pecan Pie French Fry Grand Marnier Tapioca Pudding Gummy Worm Corn Fritter Fresh Spinach Ice Cream Peach Ice Cream Caviar Daiquiri (Full Buck Moon) Ice Cream Sundae Lollipop Fortune Cookie Creme Brûlée Junk Food Penuche Vanilla Ice Cream Hot Dog Leo (through August ) Tequila Hot Fudge Sundae Bagelfest Coffee Milkshake Scotch Milk Chocolate Hamburger Delta Aquarids Meteor Shower Lasagna Chicken Wing Delta Aquarids Meteor Shower 0 Cheesecake Raspberry Cake Cotton Candy Jump for Jelly Beans Harry Potter s Birthday National Baked Bean Month National Bison Month National Culinary Arts Month National Grilling Month National Hot Dog Month National Ice Cream Month National Pickle Month National Picnic Month National Watermelon Month July Belongs To Berries Month National Canned Luncheon Meat Week st Week of July Movable Holiday: rd Sunday in July National Ice Cream Also known as the Full Thunder Moon and the Full Hay Moon.

8 AUGUST Raspberry Cream Pie Ice Cream Sandwich Watermelon Chocolate Chip Cookie Champagne US Coast Guard Birthday Oyster Chile Pepper Root Beer Float IPA Raspberries n Cream International Beer Frozen Custard Zucchini Rice Pudding S Mores Banana Split Panini Raspberry Tart Julienne Fries Toasted Almond Bar Perseids Meteor Shower Filet Mignon Perseids Meteor Shower Creamsicle Lemon Meringue Pie Assumption of Mary Rum Bratwurst Vanilla Custard Ice Cream Pie (Full Sturgeon Moon) Soft-Serve Ice Cream Hot & Spicy Food Bacon Lovers Chocolate Pecan Pie Lemonade Sweet Tea Spumoni Pecan Torte Eat a Peach Spongecake Virgo (through September ) Peach Pie Waffle Whiskey Sour Banana Split Cherry Popsicle Pots de Creme Burger Banana Lover s Cherry Turnover Chop Suey More Herbs Less Salt Lemon Juice 0 Toasted Marshmallow Trail Mix Eat outside day National Brownies At Brunch Month National Catfish Month National Panini Month National Peach Month National Sandwich Month National Watermelon Month National Water Quality Month Eat Dessert First Month Goat Cheese Month Movable Holiday: st Saturday in August National Mustard Also known as the Green Corn Moon and the Grain Moon.

9 SEPTEMBER Gyro Cherry Popover Annular Solar Eclipse Grits for Breakfast Blueberry Popsicle Welsh Rarebit Baby Back Ribs Macadamia Nut Eat an Extra Dessert Cheese Pizza Labor Coffee Ice Cream Beer Lover s Napoleon Date-Nut Bread I Love Food Steak au Poivre California Admission Hot Dog Hot Cross Bun Patriot s Chocolate Milkshake Peanut Cream-Filled Doughnut Double Cheeseburger Creme de Menthe Linguini Cinnamon Raisin Bread Peach Pie (Full Corn Moon) Penumbral Lunar Eclipse Apple Dumpling Monte Cristo Play Dough Cheeseburger Air Force Birthday Butterscotch Pudding Punch / Rum Punch Pecan Cookie Ice Cream Cone First of Fall (Autumnal Equinox) White Chocolate Libra (through October ) Cherries Jubilee Crab Newburg Food Service Workers Key Lime Pie Pancake Chocolate Milk Corned Beef Hash Strawberry Cream Pie Drink a Beer Coffee Mocha 0 Mulled Cider National Apple Month National Biscuit Month National Breakfast Month National Chicken Month National Cholesterol Awareness Month National Honey Month National Ice Cream Sandwich Month National Mushroom Month National Organic Harvest Month National Papaya Month National Potato Month National Rice Month California Wine Month Ethnic Foods Month Food Allergy Awareness Month Also known as the Harvest Moon.

10 OCTOBER Pumpkin Spice World Vegetarian French Fried Scallops World Farm Animals Soft Taco Caramel Custard Rosh Hashana Taco Feast of St. Francis of Assisi Apple Betty Noodle Frappe Draconids Meteor Shower Fluffernutter* Astronomy Moldy-Cheese Dessert Submarine Hoagy Hero Grinder Angel Food Cake Columbus Sausage Pizza Pumpkin Pie Yom Kippur Yorkshire Pudding M&M Peanut Festival Pumpkin Festival US Navy Birthday Dessert Chocolate Covered Insect Mushroom Red Wine Roast Pheasant Mushroom Chicken Cacciatore** Liqueur World Food Oatmeal Full Moon " (Full Hunters Moon) Pasta Boss Chocolate Cupcake Seafood Bisque Brandied Fruit Pumpkin Cheesecake Orionids Meteor Shower. Nut Orionids Meteor Shower. Boston Cream Pie Bologna Feast of Good & Plenty Scorpio (through November ) Greasy Foods Mincemeat Pumpkin Potato American Beer Chocolate Pancake Oatmeal 0 Candy Corn Caramel Apple Halloween *A fluffernutter is a sandwich made with peanut butter and marshmallow fluff usually served on white bread. ** Cacciatore means "hunter" in Italian. In cuisine, alla cacciatora refers to a meal prepared "hunter-style" with onions, herbs, usually tomatoes, often bell peppers, and sometimes wine. Cacciatore is popularly made with braised chicken or rabbit. National Apple Month National Applejack Month National Caramel Month National Chili Month National Cookbook Month National Cookie Month National Dessert Month National Pasta Month National Pickled Peppers Month National Pizza Month National Popcorn Poppin Month National Pork Month National Pretzel Month National Seafood Month National Tomato Month Eat Country Ham Month Popcorn Poppin Month Spinach Lovers Month Vegetarian Awareness Month National Chili Week st Week of October American Beer Week nd Week of October National Food Bank Week nd Week of October National School Lunch Week nd Week of October National Kraut Sandwich Week rd Week of October Pickled Peppers Week rd Week of October Chicken Soup for the Soul Week th Week of October Movable Holiday: nd Thursday in October National Desert Second Weekend in October: National Kegger Weekend Also known as the Travel Moon and the Blood Moon, and a Supermoon

11 NOVEMBER Bison French Fried Clam All Saints Deviled Egg All Souls Sandwich Candy Taurids Meteor Shower Doughnut Taurids Meteor Shower Nachos Bittersweet Chocolate with Almonds Cappuccino Harvey Wallbanger Election Scrapple Vanilla Cupcake US Marine Corp Birthday Sundae Veterans Pizza with the Works Except Anchovies Indian Pudding Feast of St. Diego Alacala Guacamole National Pickle Appreciation (Full Beaver Moon) Raisin Bran Cereal Clean Out Your Refrigerator Fast Food Baklava Homemade Bread Leonids Meteor Shower Apple Cider Vichyssoise* Leonids Meteor Shower Macchiato Carbonated Beverage with Caffeine Peanut Butter Fudge Cranberry Gingerbread Cookie Stuffing Cranberry Relish Cashew Espresso Eat A Cranberry Sagittarius (through December ) Sardines Thanksgiving Parfait Eat with a Friend Cake Bavarian Cream Pie French Toast Chocolates Lemon Creme Pie Rice Cake Throw Out Your Leftovers 0 Mousse *Vichyssoise is a thick soup made of puréed leeks, onions, potatoes, cream, and chicken stock. It is traditionally served cold but can be eaten hot. National Fun with Fondue Month National Georgia Pecan Month National Peanut Butter Lover s Month National Pepper Month National Stuffing Month National Raisin Bread Month National Apple Month National Pomegranate Month November -: National Fig Week Also known as the Frosty Moon and the Hunter's Moon, and a Supermoon.

12 DECEMBER Fried Pie French Fried Clam Eat a Red Apple Fritters Feast of St. Bibiana Peppermint Latte Ice Cream Box Cookie Comfort Food Sachertorte* Gazpacho Microwave Oven National Cook for Christmas Cotton Candy Pearl Harbor Brownie Feast of the Immaculate Conception Pastry Lager Have a Bagel Cocoa Ambrosia Popcorn String Geminids Meteor Shower US National Guard Birthday Biscuits & Gravy Bouillabaisse** (Full Cold Moon) Geminids Meteor Shower Gingerbread Latte Lemon Cupcake Chocolate Covered Anything Maple Syrup I Love Honey Roast Suckling Pig Hard Candy Oatmeal Muffin Hard Candy Sangria French Fried Shrimp Hamburger First of Winter (Winter Solstice) Ursids Meteor Shower Date Nut Bread Ursids Meteor Shower Capricorn (through January ) Bake Pfeffernuesse*** Egg Nog Christmas Eve Pumpkin Pie Kiss the Cook Christmas Chanukah (first day) Candy Cane Coffee Percolator Boxing Fruitcake Chocolate Candy Get on the Scales Pepper Pot 0 Bicarbonate of Soda Baking Soda Champagne Vinegar New Year s Eve *Sachertorte is a specific type of chocolate cake, or torte, invented by Austrian Franz Sacher in for Prince Wenzel von Metternich in Vienna, Austria. It is one of the most famous Viennese culinary specialties. **Bouillabaisse is a traditional Provençal fish stew originating from the port city of Marseille. ***Pfeffernüsse are tiny spice cookies, popular as a holiday treat in Germany, Denmark, and The Netherlands, as well as among ethnic Mennonites in North America. National Egg Nog Month National Fruit Cake Month Cookie Cutter Week First Week Lager Beer Week Second Week Also known as the Full Long Nights Moon and the Moon Before Yule, and a Supermoon National Food s/national Months. Some of them are brought to you by John-Bryan Hopkins when he launched his blog Foodimentary (and continued it thereafter). Others started in other historical ways.