• National Cupcake Day

    National Cupcake Day

    A Tiny Cake With a Big History Cupcakes began as an innovation in convenience. In the 19th century, American bakers discovered they could bake cake batter in teacups, saving both time and fuel compared with large, slow-baking cakes. Early recipes also measured ingredients by the cup rather than by weight, giving rise to the name […]

  • National Maple Syrup Day

    National Maple Syrup Day

    A Winter Celebration of Nature’s Sweetest Gift Maple syrup is quite literally a gift from trees — a concentrated expression of sunlight, soil, and patience. Long before European settlers arrived in North America, Indigenous peoples of the Northeast were tapping sugar maples, collecting sap in birch bark containers, and boiling it down into syrup and […]

  • Bake Cookies Day

    Bake Cookies Day

    A Day Devoted to Warm Ovens and Sweet Traditions Bake Cookies Day, celebrated on December 18, arrives right in the heart of holiday baking season. It’s an invitation to turn on the oven, dust the counters with flour, and let the scent of sugar and spice drift through every room. Cookies have ancient origins: early […]

  • 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 […]