The long, cold days of January are filled with food holidays, celebrating everything from Peanut Butter to Clam Chowder!
What's in Season?
We make our home in the US Pacific Northwest. Your local seasonal crops may be different than those listed here, depending on your location. In the US, click to check what's in season in your state.
January harvests in the Pacific Northwest include for chard, fennel, garlic, kale, turnips, potatoes, leeks, mushrooms, rutabagas, and winter squashes.
Month-long Food Holidays
- Bread Machine Baking Month
- National Candy Month
- National Hot Tea Month
- National Meat Month
- National Oatmeal Month
- National Soup Month
- National Wheat Bread Month
- Prune Breakfast Month
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And now, let us believe in a long year that is given to us, new, untouched, full of things that have never been.
Rainer Maria Rilke
Daily Food Holidays
- January 1: Bloody Mary Day
- January 1: Apple Gifting Day
- January 2: National Cream Puff Day
- January 3: Chocolate Covered Cherry Day
- January 4: National Spaghetti Day
- January 5: National Whipped Cream Day
- January 6: Bean Day
- January 6: Epiphany (make an Epiphany cake)
- January 6: National Shortbread Day
- January 7: National Tempura Day
- January 8: English Toffee Day
- January 9: National Apricot Day
- January 10: Bittersweet Chocolate Day
- January 11: Milk Day
- January 11: Hot Toddy Day
- January 12: Curried Chicken Day
- January 13: National Peach Melba Day
- January 14: National Hot Pastrami Sandwich Day
- January 15: Strawberry Ice Cream Day
- January 16: National Fig Newton Day
- January 16: International Hot & Spicy Food Day
- January 17: Hot Buttered Rum Day
- January 18: Peking Duck Day
- January 19: National Popcorn Day
- January 20: National Buttercrunch Day
- January 20: National Cheese Lover’s Day
- January 20: National Granola Bar Day
- January 20: National Coffee Break Day
- January 21: New England Clam Chowder Day
- January 22: National Blonde Brownie Day
- January 23: National Pie Day
- January 24: National Peanut Butter Day
- January 25: National Irish Coffee Day
- January 26: National Pistachio Day
- January 27: Chocolate Cake Day
- January 28: National Blueberry Pancake Day
- January 29: National Corn Chip Day
- January 30: National Croissant Day
- January 31: Brandy Alexander Day
Seasonal Recipes: January
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