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Celebrated: January 30 Oui Love Croissants: A Buttery Salute on National Croissant Day It’s time to celebrate the flaky, buttery, golden beauty that is the croissant. On January 30, National Croissant Day honors the elegant breakfast staple with roots far deeper than your local boulangerie. While croissants are commonly associated with France, their story begins in Austria, where the original “kipferl”—a crescent-shaped pastry—was popular for centuries. Legend has it that Marie Antoinette, h

Celebrated: January 27 A Slice of Joy: National Chocolate Cake Day January 27 is National Chocolate Cake Day, a moment to indulge in one of the world’s most beloved desserts. Whether it’s layered with ganache, glazed in fudge, or dusted with cocoa, chocolate cake is the universal symbol of celebration, comfort, and culinary creativity. Chocolate cake as we know it didn’t really emerge until the mid-1800s, when chocolate became more widely available to home bakers. Before that, chocolate was

Celebrated: January 26–30 Start Strong: Celebrating Farmhouse Breakfast Week Each year, the last week of January—this year, January 26 to 30—marks Farmhouse Breakfast Week, a national campaign that shines a light on the importance of the morning meal. In a world of snoozed alarms and packed calendars, breakfast is too often skipped. In fact, nearly 47% of people admit they regularly skip breakfast due to their busy schedules. Farmhouse Breakfast Week was created to encourage families, profes

Celebrated: January 22 Turn Up the Heat—It’s Hot Sauce Day! January 22 is National Hot Sauce Day, the perfect excuse to crank up the Scoville scale and celebrate the fiery flavor enhancer that’s a must-have in kitchens around the world. Whether you’re a fan of vinegary Louisiana-style heat, fruity Caribbean blends, or smoky chipotle sauces from Mexico, hot sauce is more than a condiment—it’s a culture. Hot sauce has existed for thousands of years, with early versions traced back to the Aztec

Celebrated: January 20 A Brew-tiful Break for Better Workdays January 20 marks National Coffee Break Day, a well-earned celebration of one of the most beloved rituals in the workplace: the coffee break. Whether it’s your first cup at dawn or a much-needed 3 PM reset, coffee breaks provide more than just caffeine—they offer connection, clarity, and calm. The concept of the "coffee break" began in the late 19th to early 20th century, with many historians tracing it back to Norwegian-American i

Celebrated: January 17 Whiskey, Prohibition, and Outlaws: A Spirited Legacy January 17 is National Bootlegger’s Day, a celebration rooted in rebellion, resourcefulness, and rye whiskey. This date commemorates not one but three intertwined events: • The start of Prohibition in the United States (1920) • The birth of Al Capone (1899) • The first distillation of Templeton Rye Whiskey in Iowa When Prohibition laws made alcohol illegal in 1920, underground entrepreneurs—called bootleggers—stepped

Celebrated: January 15 A Fresh Start in Every Sip January 15 is National Fresh Squeezed Juice Day—a celebration of simple ingredients, powerful nutrients, and the joy of pressing nature’s bounty into a glass. Whether you’re all about oranges, green juice, or beet-carrot-ginger combos, there’s no denying the revitalizing power of freshly squeezed juice. Unlike pasteurized store-bought options, fresh juice retains more enzymes, flavor, and nutrients—especially if it’s consumed soon after press

Celebrated: January 12 A Spicy, Saucy, Global Comfort Food January 12 is National Curried Chicken Day—a celebration of one of the world’s most beloved and flavorful dishes. Whether you know it as chicken curry or curried chicken, the concept is simple and endlessly adaptable: tender pieces of chicken simmered in a richly spiced sauce, often featuring garlic, ginger, onions, turmeric, cumin, coriander, and chilies. While versions of curried chicken are now popular around the world, we have In