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Foodways
Since its mass cultivation in 1850, arabica coffee became Nicaragua’s primary export crop with great varieties carrying unique flavor imprints.
Jackson’s company, Chopped & Served, carves out space for Blewish culinary traditions and identity in an otherwise mostly white Jewish community.
In many Slavic Christian traditions, the bread tells fortunes and predicts good luck and prosperity,
The New Year’s Eve revelries of my mother’s Soviet childhood were notoriously grand affairs. New Year’s Eve in my post-Soviet, Midwestern household is decidedly not.
For me, growing up as part of an immigrant diaspora has meant finding ways to connect to my culture beyond a physical space.
Traditionally, there should always be twelve meatless dishes served for svyata vecherya, or Christmas Eve dinner.
Folklife Magazine explores how culture shapes our lives. We publish stories about music, food, craft, language, celebrations, activism, and the individuals and communities who sustain these traditions.