October Food Holidays

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As the days get shorter, you won’t even notice...you’ll be too busy planning parties to celebrate these momentous occasions. Some enable entire month-long festivities:

Eat Country Ham Month
National Apple Month
National Applejack Month
National Caramel Month
National Chili Month
National Cookie Month
National Dessert Month
National Pasta Month

National Pickled Peppers Month
National Pizza Festival Month
National Popcorn Poppin’ Month
National Pork Month
National Pretzel Month
National Seafood Month
Vegetarian Awareness Month

If you’re only looking for a week-long festivity, then select from:

National Chili Week (1st Week)
American Beer Week (2nd Week)
National Food Bank Week (2nd
Week)
National School Lunch Week (2nd
Week)

National Kraut Sandwich
Week (3rd Week)
Pickled Peppers Week (3rd
Week)
Chicken Soup for the Soul
Week (4th Week)

And National Desert Day, the second Thursday of the month, is always a welcome celebration. The rest of October’s line-up includes:

October 1: World Vegetarian Day
October 1: Pudding Season Begins
October 1: Homemade Cookies Day
October 2: National Fried Scallops Day
October 3: National Caramel Custard Day
October 4: National Taco Day
October 4: National Vodka Day
October 5: National Apple Betty Day
October 6: National Noodle Day
October 7: National Frappe Day
October 8: National Fluffernutter Day
October 9: Moldy Cheese Day (we presume they mean blue cheese mold)
October 9: Submarine-Hoagy-Hero-Grinder Day
October 10: National Angel Food Cake Day
October 11: National Sausage Pizza Day
October 12: World Egg Day
October 12: National Gumbo Day
October 13: National Yorkshire Pudding Day
October 14: National Chocolate-Covered Insects Day
October 15: National Chicken Cacciatore Day
October 15: National Roast Pheasant Day

October 16: World Food Day
October 16: National
Liqueur Day
October 17: National
Pasta Day
October 17: Four Prunes
Day
October 18: National
Chocolate Cupcake Day
October 19: National
Seafood Bisque
Day
October 20: National
Brandied Fruit Day
October 21: National
Pumpkin Cheesecake Day

October 18 is National Pasta Day, October 4 is National Taco Day. Perhaps merge the two with Pasta with Fresh Salsa? Photo courtesy of the National Pasta Association.

October 21: Caramel Apple Day
October 22: National Nut Day
October 23: National Boston Cream Pie Day
October 23: National Canning Day
October 24: National Bologna Day
October 24: Good and Plenty Day

October 18 is National Chocolate Cupcake Day. These lovelies are from The Cupcake Fairy in San Francisco.

October 25: National
Greasy Foods
Day
October 26: Pumpkin
Day
October 26: Pretzel
Day
October 26: Mince
Meat Pie Day
October 27: National
Potato Day
October 27: American
Beer Day
October 28: National
Chocolate Day
October 28: Wild
Foods Day

October 29: National Oatmeal Day
October 30: National Candy Corn Day
October 30: Buy a Doughnut Day
October 31: National Candy Apple Day
October 31: Trick or Treat for UNICEF Day