Today we celebrate the lesser of the many evils that snack world has to offer. In the land of greasy potato chips, artificial cheese flavorings, and sugary cookies, popcorn reigns supreme, and is only as simple or decadent as you want it to be. A movie just isn't a movie without a big bowl (or [...]
Tag Archive — food holidays
Celebrate This: The Great Fruitcake Toss
Got a rock-hard, flavorless fruitcake sitting on your kitchen counter 'cause your next door neighbor was a little too neighborly this holiday? Toss it! Got a too-tiny knit sweater that your Aunt Alma made especially for you because she's convinced you're still in the third grade? Toss it! Okay, so the cake might get more [...]
Celebrate This: National Buffet Day
Okay, okay, I know when prompted with the word "buffet" many of you, myself included, don't hesitate to travel to a lurid place, filled with all you can eat General Tso's chick and the saddest jell-o one's ever seen. In the world of party planning "all you can eat" or "help yourself" don't have to [...]
Celebrate This: National Chocolate Candy Day
Today's the day when you finally get to sit back, relax and enjoy the contents of your stocking. Whether it's Lindor truffles or edible coal you find wedged between that new nail polish you've been coveting and a Sephora giftcard, what day better than National Chocolate Candy Day to get to nibbling on the even [...]
Celebrate This: National Oatmeal Muffin Day
It's tough playing second banana to cupcake, which is why it's high time we celebrate the muffin, and all it's down for us as cupcake's often healthier and always under appreciated cousin. Today we celebrate a particular kind of muffin, the oatmeal muffin, a healthier and, in my opinion, tastier alternative to all that sugary nonsense kids [...]
Celebrate This: National Cupcake Day
Okay, so maybe you didn't get down with Bouillabaisse Day, fish soup really isn't everyone's cup o' tea, but National Cupcake Day? C'mon! What's not to love? These pint-sized baked goods have reigned supreme for the past few years, and are popping up everywhere from fine dining establishments to street corners (helloooooo food trucks!) with no [...]
Celebrate This: National Bouillabaisse Day
From the moment I woke up, and lifted my head off of the pillow, I knew there was something fishy about Bouillabaisse Day. What!? You don't know what Bouillabaisse is? Oh you are so passé! Just kidding! It wasn't until I set out to round up a few ideas for my daily Celebrate This post that I [...]
Celebrate This: National Brownie Day
Brownies are delicate desserts whose rich, chocolaty taste, despite any claims made on boxes, is never instant even if their mix is of the pre-packaged variety. A good homemade brownie is hard to find and even harder to achieve without a little patience, and in my experience bad brownies transform their tasters into a gourmet [...]
Celebrate This: National Cotton Candy Day
When I think of cotton candy, I think of the excitement, chaos, and larger than life attitude offered by circuses, fairs and amusement parks. Part sugar rush, part nostalgia, cotton candy makes any event instantly more fun. Toss a ball of pastel candy fluff atop a sugar cupcake for a sweet treat that oozes whimsy or [...]
Celebrations: National Microwave Oven Day
Few can contest that the microwave oven has revolutionized the food industry since it was first patented in the mid 1940s. For better or for worse the microwave has altered how we eat, when we eat and even where we eat our meals. Hotly debated (no pun intended), this magic box is a symbol of mid [...]
