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    Home » Food Holidays Calendar Index

    August Food Holidays

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    August Food Holidays celebrate the summer harvest with an abundance of fresh fruits and vegetables, fair-inspired foods, and refreshing frozen treat fests!

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    • Month-Long Food Holidays
    • Weekly Food Holidays
    • Daily Food Holidays
    • Summer Recipes
    • What's in Season?
    • Food Holidays Monthly Calendars

    Month-Long Food Holidays

    • National Catfish Month
    • National Panini Month
    • National Peach Month
    • National Sandwich Month

    Weekly Food Holidays

    • 1st Week
      • National Mustard Day (1st Saturday)
      • National Jamaican Pie Day (1st Saturday)
    • 2nd Week
      • Melon Day (2nd Sunday)
      • Afternoon Tea Week (UK; 2nd full week)
    • Final Week
      • National Burger Day (UK; Thursday before the bank holiday weekend)
      • National Coconut Week (Phillippines; August 23 to August 30)

    Daily Food Holidays

    • August 1: National Raspberry Cream Pie Day
    • August 2: National Ice Cream Sandwich Day
    • August 3: National Watermelon Day
    • August 4: National Chocolate Chip Cookie Day
    • August 5: National Oyster Day
    • August 5: National Couscous Day
    • August 5: International Beer Day
    • August 6: National Root Beer Float Day
    • August 7: National IPA Day
    • August 7: Raspberries ‘n Cream Day
    Vanilla ice cream in a waffle cone bowl.
    • August 8: National Frozen Custard Day
    • August 8: National Zucchini Day
    • August 8: National Oatcake Day (UK)
    • August 9: National Rice Pudding Day
    • August 10: National S’mores Day
    • August 11: National Raspberry Tart Day
    • August 11: National Raspberry Bombe Day
    • August 11: National Bakewell Tart Day (UK)
    • August 12: National Julienne Fries Day
    • August 12: National Gooey Butter Cake Day
    • August 13: National Filet Mignon Day
    • August 14: National Creamsicle Day
    • August 15: National Lemon Meringue Pie Day
    • August 15: Julia Child’s Birthday
    • August 16: National Rum Day
    • August 16: National Bratwurst Day
    • August 17: National Vanilla Custard Day
    • August 18: National Ice Cream Pie Day
    • August 19: National Soft-Serve Ice Cream Day
    • August 19: National Hot & Spicy Food Day
    • August 20: National Bacon Lovers Day
    • August 20: National Chocolate Pecan Pie Day
    • August 21: National Sweet Tea Day
    • August 21: National Spumoni Day
    Serving of peach cobbler and vanilla ice cream in a dessert bowl, with a pan of cobbler in the background.
    • August 22: National Pecan Torte Day 
    • August 22: National “Eat a Peach” Day
    • August 23: National Spongecake Day
    • August 24: National Peach Pie Day
    • August 24: National Waffle Day
    • August 25: National Banana Split Day
    • August 25: National Whiskey Sour Day
    • August 26: National Cherry Popsicle Day
    • August 27: National Pots de Creme Day
    • August 28: National Cherry Turnover Day
    • August 29: National Chop Suey
    • August 30: National Toasted Marshmallow Day
    • August 31: National Trail Mix Day

    Summer Recipes

    • Peach cobbler and vanilla ice cream in a dessert bowl, with a pan of cobbler in the background.
      Easy Southern Peach Cobbler
    • 9-panel collage of various ice creams, scooped for serving.
      15 Homemade Ice Cream Recipes for Ice Cream Makers
    • Italian Grilled Eggplant Panini
    • Vanilla ice cream in a waffle cone bowl. Ice cream freezer in the background.
      Homemade Vanilla Ice Cream (Custard Style)
    • Ramekin filled with sweet potato stuffing. Stuffed squash blossoms in background.
      Grilled Stuffed Squash Blossoms
    • Old-fashioned Chocolate Ice Cream Soda
    • Classic Coney Island Hotdog Sauce
    • Two avocado halves filled with shrimp salad and a small bowl of shrimp salad arranged on a square glass platter.
      Shrimp Salad with Lemony Mustard Vinaigrette
    • Straight-Up Rhubarb Pie
    • Collage: 9 different dill recipes included in post.
      25 Best Fresh Dill Recipes
    • Whole caprese sandwich on a small cutting board. Cut sandwich on a plate in the background.
      Grilled Caprese Sandwich
    • Two medium flour tortillas on a plate, filled with seasoned loose meat, arugula, feta, tomatoes, yogurt, basil ribbons; garnished with lemon slices.
      Greek Tacos

    The month of August had turned into a griddle where the days just lay there and sizzled.

    Sue Monk Kidd, The Secret Life of Bees

    What's in Season?

    In August, fresh fruits and vegetables are busting our all over! Harvests in the Pacific Northwest include (but are not limited to) apples, apricots, arugula, Asian pears, avocados, asparagus, basil, beets, blueberries, bramble berries (e.g., boysenberries, raspberries, marionberries, etc.), broccoli, Brussels sprouts, cabbage, cantaloupe, carrots, cauliflower, chard, chili peppers, chives, cilantro, collard greens, corn, cucumbers, eggplant, endive, fennel, figs, garlic, gooseberries, green beans, green onions, kale, lamb's quarter, lavender, lettuce, melons, mint, mushrooms, mustard greens, nectarines, onions, oregano, parsley, peaches, pears, peas, peppers, plums, potatoes, radicchio, radishes, raspberries, rhubarb, rosemary, sage, sorrel, spinach, sprouts, strawberries, summer squash, sweet potatoes, thyme, tomatillos, tomatoes, watercress, watermelon, winter squashes, and zucchini.

    • What's in Season in your state
    • PNW Garden & Harvest Schedule
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    • October
    • November
    • December

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