Foodimentary - Celebrating 365 Food Holidays with Classic Recipes

I received a DIGITAL Advance Reader Copy of this book from #NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. From the publisher- Tired of the sporadic and outdated food holidays that were quietly celebrated each year—most of which were created by food companies to market their products—blogger John-Bryan Hopkins decided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 Lobster 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!

The preface of this book really turned me off --- what might have been a "humble brag" read as an "I am so amazing at what I dreamed up and how many people follow me" diatribe. As well, why does a book that lists food holidays covering dates from January 1st through December 31st start on March 1st? But I digress and whine a moan a bit too much it seems about technicalities and personalities. but as a librarian, a calendar year starts on January 1st. to me. I enjoyed flipping through the pages and I enjoyed the illustrations and I plan to follow this book in detail as the days progress and may even use some of the recipes. A great book for trivia people or information junkies.