Foodimentary : celebrating 365 food holidays with classic recipes

Tired of the sporadic and outdated food holidays that were quietly celebrated each year--most of which were created by food companies to market their products--blogger John-Bryan Hopkins decided to revamp food celebrations and spice them up with his own favorite foods. Creating a food holiday for every day of the year, Hopkins launched Foodimentary.com, which became an immediate overnight success with Google adopting his bespoke calendar. With thousands of fans across multiple platforms, Foodimentary.com is the number-one go-to resource cited by numerous magazines, newspapers, and websites to definitively know which food is being celebrated and when. Mixing Hopkins' online success with fun food facts, forgotten histories, and classic recipes, while folding in scrumptious illustrations and rare photographs, Foodimentary is a festive jubilee of America's culinary roots and inventions, from today's more recent novelties, such as Ranch Dressing Day (celebrated on March 10), to popular dishes of yesteryear such as National Thermidor Day (celebrated on January 24). Whether enjoyed � la carte or consumed in one sitting, get ready to be swept into a twelve-month course created exclusively by Foodimentary.com! Tired of the sporadic and outdated food holidays that were quietly celebrated each yearmost of which were created by food companies to market their productsblogger John-Bryan Hopkins decided to revamp food celebrations and spice them up with his own favorite foods. Creating a food holiday for every day of the year, Hopkins launched Foodimentary.com, which became an immediate overnight success with Google adopting his bespoke calendar. With thousands of fans across multiple platforms, Foodimentary.com is the number-one go-to resource cited by numerous magazines, newspapers, and websites to definitively know which food is being celebrated and when. Mixing Hopkins online success with fun food facts, forgotten histories, and classic recipes, while folding in scrumptious illustrations and rare photographs, Foodimentary is a festive jubilee of Americas culinary roots and inventions, from todays more recent novelties, such as Ranch Dressing Day (celebrated on March 10), to popular dishes of yesteryear such as National Lobster Thermidor Day (celebrated on January 24). Whether enjoyed la carte or consumed in one sitting, get ready to be swept into a twelve-month course created exclusively by Foodimentary.com! Tired of the sporadic and outdated food holidays that were quietly celebrated each year—most of which were created by food companies to market their products—blogger John-Bryan Hopkins decided to revamp food celebrations and spice them up with his own favorite foods. Creating a food holiday for every day of the year, Hopkins launched Foodimentary.com, which became an immediate overnight success with Google adopting his bespoke calendar. With thousands of fans across multiple platforms, Foodimentary.com is the number-one go-to resource cited by numerous magazines, newspapers, and websites to definitively know which food is being celebrated and when. Mixing Hopkins' online success with fun food facts, forgotten histories, and classic recipes, while folding in scrumptious illustrations and rare photographs, Foodimentary is a festive jubilee of America's culinary roots and inventions, from today's more recent novelties, such as Ranch Dressing Day (celebrated on March 10), to popular dishes of yesteryear such as National Thermidor Day (celebrated on January 24). Whether enjoyed à la carte or consumed in one sitting, get ready to be swept into a twelve-month course created exclusively by Foodimentary.com! "John-Bryan Hopkins wasn't satisfied with the recognized 145 national food holidays (most of which were created by food companies to sell their products, anyway). Thus, he resolved to create celebrations of his own favorite foods; one for each day of the year. This was the origin of Foodimentary.com, and now its success is contained in one delicious volume. Every taste is represented--from a simple root beer float to a sophisticated filet mignon. Plus, each day's celebration is accompanied with some long-forgotten trivia facts specific to the food. Did you know that the 30-to-44 age group eats the most ice cream sandwiches each year? Or that National Doughnut Day started in 1938 as a fundraiser for the Salvation Army to help those in need during the Great Depression? Make this a tasty year with Foodimentary, and celebrate food every day while learning a little bit of history in the process!"-- Provided by publisher Translating the success of his popular food holiday blog into book format, John-Bryan Hopkins makes Foodimentary a celebration of (mostly) American food, pairing 365 delicious recipes with corresponding food fests.