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." ...

Christmas Day food is more festive including roast chicken and macaroni in bechamel sauce. While the type of meat might vary, Christmas food is usually the same across Egypt for all Orthodox ...

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 ...

In 2017, I had a job to shoot a video story about the “Barbara” dish.This is a type of food from wheat and nuts that Christians prepare on holidays. The feast of Barbara is on Dec. 16, which ...

But until then, Christmas cheer—and all that delicious food—will have to wait in January for many members of the Orthodox Church. Editor's note: This story was originally published on December ...

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.

Merry White, a food anthropologist and professor at Boston University, lived in Japan in the 1960s, when there was no KFC. KFC Japan was founded in 1970, and for many years was seen as more of a ...

Christmas dinners are also an important part of the celebrations. Families and friends will share food together, eating traditional foods, such as turkey, mince pies and Christmas puddings. Back ...

Christmas is gradually becoming a traditional British holiday rather than a Christian one. These non-Christians told us how and why they celebrate Christmas. For practising Christians, Christ is ...