July Food Holidays • The Good Hearted Woman

Fill up the picnic basket and fire up the barbecue, because July Food Holidays are all about celebrating long, hot summer days (and 🎶 oh-oh) those summer nights, too.

9-panel collage showing images of food and recipes from July Food Holidays calendar.

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

Month-Long Celebrations

Weekly Food Holidays

1^st Week
- Great British Pea Week (UK)
2^nd Week
- World French Fries Day (2^nd Friday)
- World Kabob Day (2^nd Friday)
3^rd Week
- International Ice Cream Day (3^rd Sunday)
- National Hot Dog Day (3^rd Wednesday)
Final Week
- National Chili Dog Day (Last Thursday)

Daily Food Holidays

July 1: National Gingersnap Day
July 1: International Chicken Wing Day
July 1: National Creative Ice Cream Flavors Day
July 2: National Anisette Day
July 3: National Chocolate Wafer Day
July 3: National Eat Your Beans Day
July 4: National Barbecue Day
July 4: Jackfruit Day
July 4: Caesar Salad Day
July 5: National Apple Turnover Day
July 5: National Graham Cracker Day
July 6: National Fried Chicken Day
July 6: National Hand Roll Day
July 7: National Strawberry Sundae Day
July 7: World Chocolate Day
July 7: National Macaroni Day

Sweet & Spicy Buffalo Wings on an old baking sheet with charred corn on the cob.

July 8: National Chocolate with Almonds Day
July 8: National Blueberry Day
July 8: National Ice Cream Sundae Day
July 9: National Sugar Cookie Day
July 9: National Don't Put All Your Eggs in One Omelet Day
July 10: National Pina Colada Day
July 10: National Pick Blueberries Day
July 10: National Pizza Day (Brazil)
July 11: National Blueberry Muffin Day
July 11: National Mojito Day
July 11: National Rainer Cherry Day
July 12: National Eat Your Jello Day
July 12: National Pecan Pie Day
July 14: National Grand Marnier Day
July 14: National Mac & Cheese Day

July 15: National Tapioca Pudding Day
July 15: National Gummy Worm Day
July 15: National Orange Chicken Day
July 16: National Corn Fritter Day
July 16: Fresh Spinach Day
July 16: World Cherry Day
July 16: National Personal Chef Day
July 17: National Peach Ice Cream Day
July 18: National Caviar Day
July 18: National Sour Candy Day
July 19: National Daiquiri Day
July 20: National Lollipop Day
July 20: Fortune Cookie Day
July 21: National Junk Food Day

To Coney Island chili dogs wikth onions and mustard, in red take-out baskets.

July 22: National Penuche Day
July 22: Mango Day
July 23: National Vanilla Ice Cream Day
July 23: Peanut Butter & Chocolate Day
July 24: National Tequila Day
July 24: National Drive-thru Day
July 25: National Hot Fudge Sundae Day
July 25: National Wine & Cheese Day
July 26: National Bagelfest
July 26: National Coffee Milkshake Day
July 27: National Scotch Day
July 27: National Chicken Fingers Day
July 27: National Creme Brûlée Day
July 28: National Milk Chocolate Day
July 28: National Hamburger Day

July 29: National Lasagna Day
July 29: National Chicken Wing Day
July 30: National Cheesecake Day
July 31: National Raspberry Cake Day
July 31: National Cotton Candy Day
July 31: National Avocado Day

Summer Recipes

My life, I realize suddenly, is July. Childhood is June, and old age is August, but here it is, July, and my life, this year, is July inside of July.
_{Rick Bass}

What's in Season?

In July, fresh fruits and vegetables are busting our all over! Harvests in the Pacific Northwest include (but are not limited to) apples, artichokes, arugula, Asian pears, avocados, asparagus, basil, beets, bok choy, blueberries, black-eyed peas, bramble berries (e.g., boysenberries, raspberries, marionberries, etc.), broccoli, Brussels sprouts, cabbage, carrots, cauliflower, chard, cherries, chick peas, chili peppers, chives, cilantro, collard greens, cranberries, cucumbers, currants, dates, edamame, eggplant, endive, fava beans, fennel, figs, garlic, ginger, grapes, green beans, green onions, kale, lamb's quarter, lavender, kumquats, leeks, lemongrass, lettuce, lima beans, mangos, mint, mushrooms, mustard greens, okra, oregano, parsley, peas, peppers, pecans, persimmons, radicchio, plums, potatoes, quince, radishes, rapini, raspberries, rosemary, rutabaga, shallots, snow peas, snap peas, sorrel, spinach, sprouts, summer squash, thyme, tomatillos, tomatoes, turmeric, watercress, watermelon, yams, and zucchini.

What's in Season in your state
PNW Garden & Harvest Schedule

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