National Grape Popsicle Day?

While that one seems like a bit of a reach, even to me, The Nibble here rounds up all of the completely unnecessary but very fun food holidays that I can’t actually imagine anyone observing. (Mentioning them, however, is something entirely different.) And, again while National Grape Popsicle Day doesn’t really sound like much fun for anyone (unless everyone was doing it) what about National Coq au Vin Day (May 29th) or National Mint Julep Day which, of course, should be on Derby Day but is, instead, on May 30th.

Hmmm... might be time to dig out my Coq au Vin recipe in honor of. I haven’t used it in a while and, after all, Coq au Vin is a wonderful thing. One shouldn’t really require an excuse.

The Nibble’s Food Holidays are here. Tip of the hat to Dying for Chocolate.

Respect for the Headless Chicken (and other semi-related tidbits)

This has been a big month for chicken. First Oprah said she wanted everyone to try KFC’s new chicken (grilled not fried). Then the LA Times pointed out that Oprah’s chicken pointing outing made a lot of people mad. And then, still from The Times:

On a mildly related front, it's worth mentioning that it's International Respect for Chickens Month. And that we, uh, had two-front page Food section stories today about, um, buying themmarinating them.

Finally, it seems a little ironic that, smack dab in the middle of International Respect for Chickens month, the weekend some people are making a bee-line for the Headless Chicken Festival. It’s possible that vegetarians will want to give Fruita, Colorado a miss this weekend, maybe head for the New Orleans Veggie Fest instead.