Food Holidays

It's April Fool's Day.

It's also National Sourdough Day.

In fact, *every* day in April is a national food holiday. Really.

April 2 - National Peanut Butter and Jelly Day.
April 3 - National Chocolate Mousse Day.
April 4 - National Cordon Bleu Day.
April 5 - National Caramel Day.
April 6 - National Caramel Popcorn Day.
April 7 - Coffee Cake Day.
April 8 - National Empañada Day.

Well, you get the idea. See the entire list here.

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NEW FOOD HOLIDAYS

January 2 - National Return to Eating Junk Food Day

February 3 - National Groundhog Stew Day

February 15 - National Eating Crow Day (celebrated mostly by forgetful men)

March 18 - National 50-Ways-To-Use-Leftover-Green-Dye Day

April 13 - National Hardboiled Eggs Day

June 17 - National Fry-Something-In-A-Big-Vat-of-Blistering-Hot-Grease Day

June 18 - National Hospital Food Appreciation Day

September 5 - National Observance of the 5-Second Rule Day

November 1 - National Sugar Coma Day

November 27 - National Leftovers Day

[selected from Chris White's Top Five on Food; additional material and edits by Mark Raymond]

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