Chocolate Pecan Pie Recipe & The History Of Pecans

Updated August 2026 August 20th is National Chocolate Pecan Pie Day (April is National Pecan Month, April 14th is National Pecan Day, July 12th is National Pecan Pie Day, and here are the year’s 38 nut holidays—and the year’s 31 pie holidays. Our only question regarding this delicious pie: Why eat heavy pecan pie during…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Glam Your Homemade Lemonade

August 20th is National Lemonade Day (National Watermelon Day is August 3rd). If the only lemonade you drink comes from a bottle, you’ve never experienced real lemonade (We give a waiver to Mike’s Hard Lemonade, a line of carbonated, flavored malt liquor drinks in a dozen or so flavors. It’s not lemonade per se, but…
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Classic & Creative Recipes For National Lemon Meringue Pie Day

Updated August 2026 August 15th is National Lemon Meringue Pie Day, celebrating one of America’s favorite pies. It’s a lemon custard single crust pie topped with fluffy meringue, made from egg whites and sugar. Below: > America’s favorite pies. > The history of lemon meringue pie. > The recipe for Lemon Meringue Pie and variations.…
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