Like so many other holidays, food is an essential part of Kwanzaa. This week-long celebration began in the 1960s and is meant to honor the African heritage in African-American culture. It is a compilation of several African harvest festivals and in fact, the term Kwanzaa derives from a phrase meaning “first fruits of the harvest.” [...]
You won’t find a holiday feast on December 25th in Armenia. That’s because they celebrate Christmas on January 6th, a date that all Christian communities used into the 4th century. But no matter when they celebrate, food is still a large part of Armenian holiday traditions. Families sit down to a delicious meal of different [...]
The Australian Christmas –a fun, sunny day at the beach. Crazy, right? Now, I love this idea. Our winter is actually summer in Australia. A December day is cold for for us but spent lounging on the beach in Australia, eating BBQ and having picnics with the family. That idea makes me laugh. In Australia [...]
Food and drink are an essential part of the Puerto Rican holiday season. In addition to arroz con gandules (rice made with pigeon peas and pork), coquito (an eggnog-like alcoholic beverage) and arroz con dulce (sweet rice pudding), pasteles are always found on a Puerto Rican table at Christmas. Puerto Ricans take so much pride in [...]
Find out about Colombian Christmastime food traditions, like bunuelos, natilla and manjar blanco.
Dreaming of a warm-weather vacation this holiday season? Even if you can’t drop everything and jet off on a beach adventure, you can bring a taste of the tropics to your Christmas menu with sorrel punch. Sorrel punch can be found throughout the Caribbean and in many Latin American countries, but it’s particularly popular in [...]
If you were to cross a pancake with a popover, you’d get an Æbleskiver. I love eating these traditional Danish pancakes – they aren’t too sweet, have a fluffy texture and are usually served with a variety of jams. I think they would make the perfect breakfast food, served with hot chocolate or coffee. In [...]
Live in New York City? Here are Eden Grinshpan’s favorite places you can go to get latkes or jelly donuts (and why you should seek them out).
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