Boy, have I got a book for you cookbook enthusiasts out there.  Doesn’t it seem like we’ve been celebrating lots of different food holidays lately?  Well, you don’t know the half of it! Chef Yvan Lemoine of iFoods Studio, recently published Food Fest 365! – an assortment of recipes celebrating every single food holiday of the year.  Don’t believe me? Watch this:

February 3rd? Carrot Cake Day

May 16th? Coquilles St. Jacques Day

August 6th? Root Beer Float Day

November 9th? Scrapple Day. {oh yes.}

Ginormous Animal Cracker Pops for April 18th: Animal Crackers’ Birthday

And the book goes on!  I love the variety of entertaining recipes, fast facts and mouthwatering pictures in the book.  I can totally seeing us opening up the book to a random day when we need mealtime inspiration or a fun food project idea.

Puffy Tacos for October 4th: Taco Day

What’s on tap for tomorrow, March 3rd? NATIONAL COLD CUT DAY!  How’s about a Baked Italian Roll to celebrate?

Baked Italian Rolls

Serves 4–5 (or 3 hungry teenagers)

Ingredients:
Olive oil, Pizza dough (recipe, Sept. 5), 1 tablespoon dried oregano, 3 tablespoons black olives (sliced), Black pepper, 1⁄4 pound mortadella (sliced), 1⁄4 pound cappicola (sliced), 1⁄4 pound sopressatta (sliced), 1⁄4 pound Genoa Salami (sliced), 1⁄4 pound provolone (sliced), 6–8 pepperocinis (sliced), 1⁄2 cup roasted red pepper (sliced), 1 egg, Sesame seeds.
Directions:

❶ Drizzle a little olive oil on a clean counter and your hands. Place the pizza dough—use my recipe or pick some up at your favorite pizza joint—on the oiled surface. Using your fin- gertips, press and spread the dough out to a rectangle as wide as your loaf pan, and about three times as long (the long side should be vertical to you). Make sure it’s even.

❷ Sprinkle with the oregano, the sliced olives, and a little pepper (add any other spices that you want: garlic powder, chili flakes, etc…)

❸ Lay down the cold cuts one meat at a time, coating the surface of the dough. Stack the meats on top of each other as you lay each layer across the dough.

❹ Make the top layer the cheese, topped with pepperoncinis and roasted red peppers.

❺ To roll, start with the side closest to you and roll up, encasing all the delicious meats and cheese inside. Oil the inside of a loaf pan with a little olive oil and cover the dough with the pan. Sneak your fingers under the pan, grabbing the dough together with the pan, and flip it.

❻ Drizzle with a little olive oil, cover with alumi- num foil, and cook at 400°F for 30 minutes.

❼ Remove from the oven place on top of the stove.
❽ Make an egg wash by whisking the egg together, and brush the roll. Sprinkle with the sesame seeds and return to the oven for 3–5 minutes until golden all around.

❾ Remove from the oven and allow to cool for 5 minutes. Run a knife around the edges and pop the roll out, cut using a serrated knife, and serve piping hot. I love this!

Oh we are going to have a field day with this book.

About the Cookbook
In FoodFest 365!, acclaimed chef and Food Network competitor Yvan D. Lemoine shares recipes with a trademark exuberance that invites you to the party! You’ll be treated to interesting food trivia alongside easy-to-follow instructions for how to make such mouthwatering goodies as Salted Caramel Popcorn (for Popcorn Day, January 19), Almond Madeleines (for Almond Day, February 16), Spinach and Artichoke Dip (for Artichoke Hearts Day, March 16), and manymore for each month that follows.

Packed with a refreshing, random mix of recipes associated with each day of the year and festive full-color photos throughout, this delightfully uncommon cookbook is sure to tempt the tastebuds of foodies and free-spirits alike!

*I received a review copy of this cookbook.