Category: Food Holidays

Celebrate National Lemon Juice Day With These Tips & Tricks

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Updated August 2026 August 29th is National Lemon Juice Day, a good nudge to us to highlight the versatility of this sunny fruit, well beyond standard recipes. We begin in defense of lemons: Why is a defective car called a “lemon?” In the 1906-1909 time frame, the phrase “to hand someone a lemon,” meaning to…
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Homemade Lollipops For National Lollipop Day

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[1] Your homemade lollipops can be free-form with inclusions, like the bits of flower petals above (photo © Sacred Sweets).   Looking for a fun activity? How about making lollipops? Today is National Lollipop Day July 20th, and Exploratorium has a recipe that lets you be a lollipop chef. You can make favorite flavors that…
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