April Food Holidays {food calendar}

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Now that we’re almost past all the April Fool’s Day jokes, let’s take a look at what we can celebrate for the rest of the month…We love that April is Florida Tomato Month, Fresh Celery Month, Garlic Month, Soy Foods Month, and… Soft Pretzel Month, for which we’ve picked 30 of our favorite soft pretzel recipes from the site, one for each day of April. April is also National Grilled Cheese Month, and we’re totally getting into it, but we’ll explain that in a separate post.

And as if the month-long celebrations weren’t enough, check out the rest of the daily food holidays for April, first in calendar format (which you can add to your personal google calendar if you’d like), then as a list:

April is National [Insert Something Weird Yet Wonderful Here] Month

• Florida Tomato Month
• Fresh Celery Month
• Garlic Month
• Grilled Cheese Month
• Soft Pretzel Month
• Soy Foods Month

Week-long Celebrations in April:

• 1st week: National Bake Week
• 2nd week: Egg Salad Week

Holidays and Commemorative Days in April

• April 1: April Fool’s Day, Sourdough Day
• April 2: Peanut Butter and Jelly Day
• April 3: Chocolate Mousse Day
• April 4: Baked Ham and Pineapple Day
• April 5: Caramel Day, Raisin Spice Bar Day
• April 6: Caramel Popcorn Day, for 2012, Hot Cross Buns Day (Good Friday)
• April 7: Coffee Cake Day, Mustard Day (1st Saturday of April, April 7 in 2012)
• April 8: Empanadas Day
• April 9: Chinese Almond Cookie Day
• April 10: Cinnamon Crescent Roll/Croissant Day
• April 11: Cheese Fondue Day
• April 12: Grilled Cheese Day
• April 12: Licorice Day
• April 13: Peach Cobbler Day
• April 14: Pecans Day
• April 15: Glazed Spiral Ham Day (also? TAX DAY!)
• April 16: Eggs Benedict Day, Mushroom Day
• April 17: Cheeseball Day and Healthy Kids Day
• April 18: Animal Crackers Day
• April 19: Amaretto Day, Garlic Day
• April 20: Lima Bean Respect Day
• April 21: Chocolate Covered Cashews Day
• April 22: Jelly Bean Day
• April 23: Cherry Cheesecake Day, Picnic Day
• April 24: Pigs in a Blanket Day
• April 25: Zucchini Bread Day
• April 26: Pretzel Day
• April 27: Prime Rib Day
• April 28: Blueberry Pie Day
• April 29: Shrimp Scampi Day
• April 30: Cordon Bleu Day, Oatmeal Cookie Day, Raisin Day

by Sarah J. Gim on April 2, 2013 · 1 comment