Christmas Eve is called "ping'an ye" in Mandarin, which translates to "night of peace." Apple in Mandarin is "pingguo," which sounds somewhat similar. When you combine the two, you get "peace apple." ...

For Baltic, Hellenic, Arabic and Coptic households in Eastern Orthodox Churches, midnight mass and traditional holiday food come on a different calendar. As Orthodox Christmas begins, here’s how ...

The recipe for buñuelos that appears in Ilan Stavans’s must-read new cookbook, Sabor Judio: The Jewish Mexican Cookbook, comes from Juana Ines de la Cruz, a nun who lived in the 17th century in ...

The holiday feast, called le réveillon de Noël, is typically eaten around midnight on Christmas Day, and in some parts of France, it's traditional to eat 13 different desserts.

Pork, lamb, sugar, eggs and potatoes are among some of the Christmas food items that have increased in price from 2023.