May 15th, 2008
Heather, over at b5media’s “Chocolate Bytes,” reminds us that May 15 is National Chocolate Chip Day. She shares a few recipes as well as this video about how to make a batch of 800 (800!) chocolate cookies. Enjoy!
Tags: may holidays, national chocolate chip day
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May 13th, 2008
May 13 is National Apple Pie Day and nothing is more American than apple pie… or is it?
Apple pie is actually a European creation. The French have “tarte tatin,” the Austrians “apfelstrudel” and the British apple pie.
Apples found their way to the United States via the early British colonists who carried over apple seeds […]
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May 12th, 2008
May 12 is International Nurses Day. Celebrated by the International Council of Nurses since 1965, the day marks the anniversary of the birth of Florence Nightingale, widely held to be the mother of modern nursing.
According to the Center for American Nurses, in 2004 there were 2.9 million registered nurses in the United States, 94.3 percent […]
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May 10th, 2008
May is Asian-American month in the United States. This celebration, begun in 1978, honors one of the fastest growing segments of the US population. According to the US Census Bureau, more than 15 million people of Asian descent reside in the US, about five percent of the population. Five million of these live in California. […]
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May 9th, 2008
World Cocktail Week is May 8 - 13. The b5media Travel Channel has been having a good time with this holiday, with many of the bloggers posting their favorite cocktails. Below are just some of the posts:
Las Vegas Cocktails
Zurich Cocktails
Chicago Cocktails
A Family-Friendly Disney Cocktail
A Sake Margarita from Tokyo
A (tongue in cheek) Seattle Cocktail
Personally, I’m more […]
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May 8th, 2008
May 8 is World Red Cross Day. The day celebrates the international Red Cross and Red Crescent, an emergency aid organization founded in 1922, shortly after World War I. May 8 was chosen because it is the birthday of founded, Henry Dunant.
Today, the International Red Cross and Red Crescent operates in 170 countries, helping people […]
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