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Food Holidays That You Won’t Want to Miss

This article is written by a student writer from the Spoon University at NYU chapter.

Has it ever been, let’s say, National Pizza Day and you didn’t find out until that night when you’re scrolling through Instagram? And you think to yourself, “argh I should have stopped by 2 Bros and Snapchatted that slice of pizza.” With the list below, we’ve got you covered. Filtering out the unnecessarily specific ones, such as National Stuffed Mushroom Day, Cream Cheese Brownie Day and National Glazed-spiral ham, here are food holidays that you should keep in mind:

National Jelly Bean Day – Apr 22 (Makes a great Instagram photo!)

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National Picnic Day – Apr 23 (Time to get out your basket and the red and white picnic blanket!)

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Photo by Savannah Carter

National Pretzel Day – Apr 26

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Photo by Jenny Shen

International No Diet Day – May 6 (Hallelujah!)

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Photo by Becky Hughes

National Apple Pie Day – May 13 (Pie heaven exists, and it’s in Manhattan.)

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Photo by Jessica Chu

National Chocolate Chip Cookie Day – May 15

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Photo by Krysten Dorfman

National Burger Day – May 28

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Photo by Kelda Baljon

National Macaroon Day – May 31

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Photo by Amanda Shulman

National Cheese Day – June 4 (We know where we’ll be getting ours.)

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Photo by Mai Someya

National Doughnut Day – June 5 (Check out picturesque Dough!)

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Photo by Jessica Kane

National Caesar Salad Day, National Spareribs Day & National Barbecue Day – July 4 (Why am I not surprised?)

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Photo by Kelly McAdam

National Fried Chicken Day – July 6 (Some of the best in town is right around the corner.)

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Photo by Becky Hughes

National Mac & Cheese Day – July 14 (Celebrate with five easy and new ways to make macaroni and cheese.)

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Photo by Amanda Shulman

National Tequila Day – July 24

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Photo by Renée Wool

National Cheesecake Day – July 30 (Feeling inspired? Make it yourself.)

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Photo by Kavitha George

Also, if you’re interested in what national food day is on your own birthday, check out this website.

Mine is English Toffee Day. What’s yours?