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The month of January is filled with delicious January food days. Celebrate these foods by learning more about their national days and getting recipes!

The types of January food days range from sweet, dessert based days like National Cream Puff Day on January 2, to more savory ones like National Curried Chicken Day on January 12.

Make sure to get a recipe for shortbread cookies to celebrate National Shortbread Day on January 6th, and learn facts about spaghetti for National Spaghetti Day on January 4th.

We’ve compiled some of our favorites national days dedicated to the various foods celebrated during the month of January below! If you want to learn more special days this month, make sure to check out this full list of national days in January.

It’s National Croissant Day! This national food day is the perfect opportunity to celebrate the buttery and flaky pastry treat we all know and love. Croissants come in many varieties, each one as delicious as the next. There are the traditional butter croissants, and also filled croissants like the popular pain au chocolat. Other sweet …

Read More about National Croissant Day – Plus a Brief History of the Croissant Origin

This list of food holidays in January starts our year out in a tasty way. Almost every day of the month has a food or drink associated with it which makes it very easy to have fun with friends. We are starting a whole new year, which gives us over 365 food days to celebrate. …

Read More about Food Holidays in January – Bloody Marys – Cream Puffs & More

This page for the national days of January gives a quick look at the month to find out what food, drink or topic the month celebrates.  Every day of the month is like a new chapter in a book that you haven’t read before. Use this handy list to help plan for the month ahead for …

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January 24 is National Peanut Butter Day. This sticky and delicious food is so loved that it is given its own national day. Keep reading for some interesting peanut butter facts, and the history of this delicious food. There’s also a recipe at the bottom for soft and chewy peanut butter cookies that’s delicious. Try …

Read More about National Peanut Butter Day – January 24 – Fun Facts and Recipes

It’s National Curried Chicken Day! January 12 is a day set aside to honor that most spicy of main courses – chicken curry. From Asia to the Caribbean, this dish has a huge following among those who like a bit of heat in their food. Keep reading to learn what curried chicken is, some fun …

Read More about National Curried Chicken Day – Fun Facts, Recipes and More!

January 6 is National Shortbread Day. It’s a day to celebrate a wonderful taste – shortbread! Shortbread is a national Scottish dessert cookie that is made with 3 parts flour, 2 parts of butter and one part of sugar.  These cookies have a rich and tasty and a melt in your mouth texture that is …

Read More about Making Scottish Shortbread Cookies for National Shortbread Day – January 6

It’s time to learn a bit about National Spaghetti Day. This tasty food holiday is celebrated yearly on January 4. Time to cook up a batch of your favorite spaghetti sauce! If you need a recipe for sauces to go with spaghetti, keep reading to find a list of delicious pasta sauce recipes. I even …

Read More about National Spaghetti Day – January 4 – Fun Facts and Recipes

This tasty day is a favorite with food lovers! January 10 is known as National Bittersweet Chocolate Day. Most of us probably over-indulged with chocolate during the holidays and now it’s time to celebrate again. Heaven help us! So many of the national days are associated with food in some way. Any gathering is made …

Read More about National Bittersweet Chocolate Day – January 10

January 2 is National Cream Puff Day. What better way to take note of this national day than with one of these tasty cream puff recipes. There seems to be a January national day for pretty much everything you can think of. Today, this sweet, filled pastry gets it’s own day! These light and fluffy …

Read More about Cream Puff Recipes – National Cream Puff Day