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Pudding Season begins October first. Start it off with this delicious butterscotch pudding recipe from chocolatier Michael Recchiuti. Photo by Duard van der Westhuizen | IST.

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October 2005
Last Updated December 2012

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National Food Holidays: October

And You Thought Halloween Was The Big Event!

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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
Fair Trade 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 Bulk Foods Week (3rd Week)
National Food Bank Week (2nd
Week)
National School Lunch Week (2nd
Week)
World Egg Day (2nd Friday)

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

And National Dessert 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 4 is National Taco Day. Make these delicious braised beef tacos with mole sauce. Photo courtesy McCormick.

October 8: National Pierogi 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: National Gumbo Day
October 13: National Yorkshire Pudding Day
October 14: National Chocolate-Covered Insects Day
October 14: National Dessert 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 21: Caramel Apple Day

October 18 is National Pasta Day, October 4 is National Taco Day. Merge the two—pasta with fresh salsa—shown above. Photo courtesy National Pasta Association. Find pasta recipes.

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 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 18 is National Chocolate Cupcake Day. These lovelies are from The Cupcake Fairy in San Francisco. Find reviews of our favorite cupcakes plus cupcake recipes.

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

Continue To The November Food Holidays

CELEBRATE HALLOWEEN
OCTOBER 31
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