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Celebrations
It’s Hanukkah and time to dig out the three-by-five index card with my mother’s recipe for latkes.
Has the tradition changed? Of course. Has it left behind the indigenous roots or the Catholic meaning? Not entirely.
D.C. restaurateur Jennifer Selman offers stories and recipes for two Trinidadian Christmas staples: black cake and sorrel drink.
Mischief Night, Devil's Night, or Cabbage Night—whatever you call the American regional folk tradition, better keep your pumpkins safe.
Once a year, people gather at Friendship Park in San Diego, California, and Tijuana, Mexico, for a joyous occasion: the Fandango Fronterizo, or border fandango.
Phi Ta Khon, or Ghost Festival, is a three-day Buddhist holiday that takes place in different parts of Thailand every year between late May and early July.
“Christmas in July” was the fevered brainchild of curator Betty Belanus, but the Welsh cooks—including coordinators Angela Gray and Hazel Thomas, as well as chefs Anthony Evans, Geraldine Trotman, Gareth Johns, and Ana Rees—took on
The white, grainy porridge risengrød is the only traditional Danish Christmas dish from the common people that has survived to the modern-day dining tables in Denmark.
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