National Kale Day
National Kale Day celebrates a leafy green that has endured through centuries of culinary trends. Kale belongs to the Brassica family, along with cabbage, broccoli and Brussels sprouts. Varieties of […]
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World Vegetarian Day
October 1 signals the start of Vegetarian Awareness Month and World Vegetarian Day, an occasion established in 1977 by the North American Vegetarian Society and embraced a year later by […]
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National Pumpkin Seed Day
As autumn settles in and pumpkins begin to appear on porches and in soups, their humble seeds take center stage on National Pumpkin Seed Day, celebrated on the first Wednesday […]
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Pudding Season Begins
As the leaves begin their slow transformation from green to gold, kitchens around the world take on a new purpose. October 1 has been affectionately dubbed the day when Pudding […]
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National Fried Scallops Day
The Briny Perfume of October The briny perfume of the seaside lingers in the air when you drop a scallop into a sizzling pan. Early October carries a particular crispness—sweaters […]
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Hanukkah
A Festival of Light Born from Courage and Restoration Hanukkah returns each year as a warm, flickering beacon against the deepening nights of winter. Its story reaches back to the second century BCE, when the Seleucid ruler Antiochus IV Epiphanes outlawed Jewish practice and desecrated the Second Temple in Jerusalem. In response, a small group […]
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Super Saturday
The Final Sprint of the Holiday Shopping Season Super Saturday — sometimes called Panic Saturday — is the last Saturday before Christmas, a day when millions of shoppers flood stores and websites to complete their gift lists. Falling this year on December 20, it stands as one of the busiest retail days of the season, […]
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Lunar New Year (Year of the Rooster)
Welcoming a New Year of Renewal and Good Fortune Lunar New Year is one of the world’s oldest and most widely celebrated holidays, observed across East and Southeast Asia and throughout global diasporas. Falling between late January and mid-February, its date is determined by the lunar calendar, marking the transition from one zodiac animal year […]
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Lantern Festival
A Night When Light Takes Center Stage The Lantern Festival glows on the 15th day of the first lunar month, marking the joyful close of Chinese New Year celebrations. It is a night when lanterns rise, riddles dance across paper, and families gather under the first full moon of the lunar year. Rooted in over […]
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Hanukkah
A Festival of Light Born from Courage and Restoration Hanukkah returns each year as a warm, flickering beacon against the deepening nights of winter. Its story reaches back to the second century BCE, when the Seleucid ruler Antiochus IV Epiphanes outlawed Jewish practice and desecrated the Second Temple in Jerusalem. In response, a small group […]
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Super Saturday
The Final Sprint of the Holiday Shopping Season Super Saturday — sometimes called Panic Saturday — is the last Saturday before Christmas, a day when millions of shoppers flood stores and websites to complete their gift lists. Falling this year on December 20, it stands as one of the busiest retail days of the season, […]
