National Oatmeal Month

National Soup Month

January, with its bitter chill, is a fine time for National Soup Month. And boy, do we have soup recipes for you! CDK has lots of soup recipes, including broths, stocks, consommes, creamed soups and bisques. And those are just the hot soups! Don't forget those recipes for flavorful gazpacho or vichyssoise, soups served cold as winter!

National Prune Breakfast Month

National Wheat Bread Month

National Hot Tea Month

Humans drink more tea than any other beverage except for water! Whether your taste is for common black tea, green tea, or herbal or chai teas (many of which don't actually contain tea leaves), CDK encourages you to drink tea to warm yourself during this frigid January, National Hot Tea Month.

Fiber Focus Month

Dietary fiber is important for aiding digestion and may even reduce a person's cholesterol. During Fiber Focus Month, CDK is highlighting foods that contain soluble fiber like root vegetables, oatmeal, and legumes. Sources of insoluble fiber include whole wheat breads, brans, and green beans. Focus on fiber with your favorite CDK recipes with roughage!

National Slow Cooking Month

We're big fans of slow cookers here at CDK. One of our most popular sections is our slow cooker, or crockpot, recipes. CDK even offers a weekly featured column called The Savvy Slow Cooker! Check out our slow cooker recipes and see for yourself how you can prepare much more than just soups and stews with this low-temp, ceramic wonder!

Jan
1stApple Gifting Day

Jan
1stNew Year

Oh, my aching head! Whether you woke up today feeling subdued or celebratory, CDK has recipes for traditional New Year's fare like mimosas and bloody marys. Plus, we have so many recipes for hoppin' john (eaten for good luck) that you'll be amazed at what you can do with black-eyed peas. Happy New Year from CDKitchen!

Jan
1stNational Bloody Mary Day

The basic recipe for bloody marys consists of vodka, tomato juice, and Worcestershire sauce. But CDK has recipes that really allow you to enhance your drink with mixtures that are savory or tart, depending on the amount of salt, spices or lime juice involved. Happy New Year, and bottoms up--it's National Bloody Mary Day!

Jan
2ndNational Cream Puff Day

Jan
2ndNational Buffet Day

Jan
3rdNational Chocolate Covered Cherry Day

Jan
4thNational Spaghetti Day

In the US, the term spaghetti is practically synonymous with Italian cuisine. This popular pasta is boiled until soft and often is served with a tomato-based meat sauce. But CDK has many spaghetti recipes that go beyond tradition to pair the pasta with white sauces, chicken or ham, even tofu meatballs! Take a look for yourself; it's National Spaghetti Day!

Jan
5thNational Whipped Cream Day

Whipped cream is much loved dessert topping. But these days you're as likely to find a big dollop of the stuff keeping the heat from escaping an expensive coffee beverage as you are to see it on top of a slice of pie or cake. Make your own whipped topping at home, with fatty cream, a little sugar, and plenty of air!

Jan
6thNational Shortbread Day

Jan
7thNational Tempura Day

A staple of Japanese cuisine, tempura actually was introduced to Asia by the Portuguese. Seafood or veggies are dipped in a thin batter of water and flour and deep-fried in oil. Served salted or with a dipping sauce, tempura is popular in this country as well. Check out CDKitchen's tempura recipes today, National Tempura Day.

Jan
8thNational English Toffee Day

This day is set aside to honor English toffee, a rich, buttery hard or chewy confection favored in North America. CDK has a number of recipes for homemade English toffee, and many more (generally dessert recipes) that call for toffee as an ingredient. Give your sweet tooth some satisfaction today, National English Toffee Day!

Jan
9thNational Apricot Day

Some in England believe that if you dream about apricots, you'll have good luck. Well, if it's apricots you prize, you really are in luck here; CDK has over four hundred recipes with apricots. This relative of the plum has been cultivated for so long, no one's sure where it originated. In this country, today is National Apricot Day.

Jan
10thNational Bittersweet Chocolate Day

Jan
11thCurried Chicken Day

Curried chicken, also known as curry chicken or chicken curry, is a delicious Indian dish that combines chicken chunks with a tomato and yogurt-based sauce, all spiced with--what else?--curry powder or its individual constituent spices. If you're not up on your Indian cuisine, give one of our curried chicken recipes a try. You'll like it!

Jan
11thMilk Day

What is Milk Day, anyway? A day to proudly display your milk mustache after polishing off a tall glass of moo juice? No, this fun food holiday commemorates the day in 1878 when milk was first delivered in bottles! While visits from the milkman might have gone the way of the dinosaur, we can still mark this unique anniversary!

Jan
11thHot Toddy Day

The middle of January seems a good time to observe Hot Toddy Day. This warming beverage varies widely in ingredients and flavor. But often it is made with apple cider, cinnamon sticks, honey, and an alcoholic spirit such as bourbon. Plus, it's a time-honored folk remedy for cold and flu symptoms. Right there's a great excuse to make one of CDK's hot toddy recipes!

Jan
12thNational Marzipan Day

Marzipan is a sweet paste made of sugar and almond meal. It makes a delicious firm icing for cakes, and is sometimes consumed as a candy, twisted and shaped as cute animals or other figures. CDK even has a recipe for marzipan-iced cookies! Make some today, National Marzipan Day!

Jan
13thNational Peach Melba Day

While it's National Peach Melba Day in the US, this simple dessert has the most prestigious and international of origins. Peach melba was invented in the late 1800s by the famous French chef Auguste Escoffier of the Savoy Hotel in London to honor Australian opera singer Dame Nellie Melba. Peach and raspberry sauce, vanilla ice cream, and a little spun sugar make this a light and refreshing choice of dessert!

Jan
14thNational Hot Pastrami Sandwich Day

The pastrami sandwich is a delicatessen staple made of brined and smoked brisket, spices, rye or other types of bread, and sometimes Russian dressing. Jewish immigrants from Romania are credited for making the hot pastrami sandwich a signature New York lunch item. In NYC and the rest of the USA, it's National Hot Pastrami Sandwich Day!

Jan
15thNational Strawberry Ice Cream Day

It's the third musketeer of ice cream flavors. It's no coincidence that strawberry ice cream makes up one-third of every quart of Neapolitan. After vanilla and chocolate, strawberry is the next most popular flavor of ice cream. As such, it has earned its own day of recognition, National Strawberry Ice Cream Day. Go ahead, you can still eat ice cream in January!

Jan
16thNational Fig Newton Day

Fig Newton is a brand name that has become the generic moniker for fig rolls, a cookie pastry enclosing a creamy fig filling. Created in the 1890s in Newton, Massachusetts, this snack bar is popular because of its unique, sweet but not-too-sweet flavor.

Jan
18thPeking Duck Day

A Chinese delicacy for ages, Peking Duck is a roast duck that is prized as much for its flavorful, crispy skin as it is for its meat. Traditionally sliced and served at the diners' table, the meat is often eaten with an accompaniment of pancakes.

Jan
19thNational Fresh Squeezed Juice Week

Cold and flu season is a smart time to increase your intake of vitamin C. What more delicious way to do it than by drinking fresh squeezed juice? Citrus fruits like oranges, grapefruit, lemons and limes are easy to juice and provide much needed vitamins to fend off those wintertime maladies! Step up your intake of juice during National Fresh Squeezed Juice Week.

Jan
20thNational Buttercrunch Day

Jan
20thNational Cheese Lover's Day

Cheese. You can eat it raw, fry it, slice it for sandwiches, casseroles, quesadillas--the list of uses for cheese in cooking is endless! And then there are the types of cheese common in cooking: Cheddar, mozzarella, Swiss, blue cheese--that list is virtually endless too! Say 'Cheese!' It's National Cheese Lover's Day!

Jan
21stNational Granola Bar Day

That's so granola! That slang term, of course, denotes an earthy, natural state. It's fitting, since real granola is comprised of many natural and healthy ingredients. But many granola bar recipes add sweeteners to the nutty mix, which can inflate that calorie count! CDK has lots of recipes for granola and granola bars for you to put to the test today, National Granola Bar Day!

Jan
21stNew England Clam Chowder Day

If you thought the Red Sox and Yankees made relations tense between Boston and New York, the eternal debate between New England-style clam chowder and Manhattan chowder adds an element to the rivalry. The white, creamy New England version is a soup comprised of clams, milk, potatoes, bacon or pork, onions, and little else. But today a champ is crowned; it's New England Clam Chowder Day! Sorry New York!

Jan
22ndNational Blonde Brownie Day

Jan
23rdNational Rhubarb Pie Day

Jan
23rdNational Pie Day

With tons of pie recipes, CDK invites you to celebrate National Pie Day by giving one of them a try. If you're trying to shed some pounds after the holidays, you don't have to make a sweet, dessert-style pie. You can bake a savory favorite such as shepherd's pie, steak and kidney pie, or even a quiche, and serve it for dinner!

Jan
24thNational Peanut Butter Day

A little bit sweet and a little bit salty, good old peanut butter is popular with kids and adults. Heating and milling roasted peanuts produce this thick paste that's high in protein and other nutrients. While its number one use is as a sandwich spread, CDK has lots of recipes for peanut butter cakes, pies, cookies, and even entrees like stir-frys and soups!

Jan
25thNational Irish Coffee Day

Irish coffee has only been around since the mid-1900s, and it's more hot toddy than morning pick-me-up! This basic cocktail of hot black coffee, Irish whiskey, brown sugar and cream (whipped or regular) really warms the belly on cold days. Try it for a change of pace today after work! It's National Irish Coffee Day!

Jan
26thNational Peanut Brittle Day

Jan
27thNational Chocolate Cake Day

Say the word 'cake,' and most people will visualize a chocolate cake. Chocolate cake is technically distinct from devil's food in that it is denser and is made with real chocolate instead of cocoa. Whether you're planning to bake one for a routine dessert or a special occasion like a birthday or anniversary, CDK has plenty of chocolate cake recipes for you to use!

Jan
28thNational Blueberry Pancake Day

Start this Fun Food Holiday off right with a breakfast of blueberry pancakes! Little bursts of sweet berries inside a stack of fresh hotcakes make this a classic breakfast choice at diners and home kitchens throughout America. You can call them flapjacks, griddle cakes, hotcakes, or pancakes--blueberries make them all better!

Jan
29thNational Cornchip Day

Corn chips have a taste and aroma that are distinctive in the snack world. Smaller, yet more rigid than their corn-made cousin the tortilla chip, this snack food is a primary ingredient in Frito Pie, a popular dish in the Southern US (think chilidogs, but with serving-size bags of corn chips in place of hot dogs!).

Jan
30thNational Croissant Day

Probably the best-known French pastry in North America, croissants (also known as crescent rolls) are made with layers of puff pastry, shaped into crescent moons, and baked into light, flaky rolls. They can be served plain or with sweet fillings or toppings. Sliced croissants even have become a common substitute for sandwich bread. Vive la difference! It's National Croissant Day.

Jan
31stBrandy Alexander Day

Try something simple yet elegant at your next happy hour. A Brandy Alexander is made with one part brandy or cognac, one part creme de cacao, and one part cream. If you don't drink, you can still sample the flavor of the cocktail with one of CDK's recipes for Brandy Alexander Pie!

Jan
31stNational Popcorn Day

A Native American snacking innovation, popcorn has a place in cooking as well as at ballparks and movie theaters. Popping corn is a distinct type of corn that, when heated, expands from the moisture inside its kernel until it, well, pops! CDK will help you make National Popcorn Day special with recipes for both sweet and savory popcorn, popcorn balls, even popcorn cakes and fudge!