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Christmas in Estonia with Sauerkraut Stew
A traditional Estonian Christmas meal, with blood sausage at the bottom. Photo courtesy Kadi Levo In the past six years, I have lived in eight different countries, immersing myself in diverse food...
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It’s Risengrød! Danish Rice Porridge
Photo by Flickr user cyclonebill, Creative Commons The white, grainy porridge risengrød is the only traditional Danish Christmas dish from the common people that has survived to the modern-day dining...
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Holidays in a Hakka Home: Rice Ball Soup
Xian tangyuen. Photo courtesy of Jufang Tseng Being a Hakka person in the Han Chinese society, I have always known that our food is similar to but distinct from “Chinese food.” That little bit of...
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Christmas Cabbage for Polish Wigilia
The Wigilia meal begins with everyone taking a piece of the opłatek (or large Christmas wafer). In some households, family members personally share the opłatek with each other, often accompanied by...
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A Welsh Christmas in July
The Welsh cooks pose in front of the fruits of their labor on July 2, 2009. Left to right: Anthony Evans, Gareth Johns, Hazel Thomas, Angela Gray, Geraldine Trotman, and Ana Rees. Photo by Beverly...
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Torta — Filipino Christmas Cake, I Think
Tortas for all sizes, baked by my family on Christmas Eve. Photo by Jane Dulay For the majority of the year, I am half Filipina, far distanced from cultural traditions that began fading when my...
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The Foodways of Holidays
The poster from the 1997 Smithsonian Folklife Festival (then known as Festival of American Folklife) that hangs in the office kitchen. Photo by Elisa Hough Here at the Smithsonian Center for Folklife...
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Hold the Lutfisk: A Swedish Christmas Smörgåsbord
Eating Christmas Eve smörgåsbord with my cousins at the kids’ table, 1989. Photo courtesy Cecilia Peterson I’m elbow-deep in ground meat, onions, and potatoes, giggling with Kat, my friend and...
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