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Growing Traditions

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King Cake Season Is Here

Shortly after the New Year, the King Cake starts making its first...
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A New Year's Eve Cocktail Party

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Chinese New Year Recipes
 

Chinese New Year Recipes


By Lillian Chou, Posted Dec 30th 2010

Lillian ChouWe asked Lillian Chou, an American-Chinese food writer and chef currently living in Beijing, to put together a traditional Chinese New Year's dinner that's easy to make here in the States. Chinese New Year is celebrated differently in each region of China but the core of the holiday -- chun jie, meaning "Spring Festival" -- is the same: a celebration ... Read More# Lillian ChouWe asked Lillian Chou, an American-Chinese food writer and chef currently living in Beijing, to put together a traditional Chinese New Year's dinner that's easy to make here in the States. Chinese New Year is celebrated differently in each region of China but the core of the holiday -- chun jie, meaning "Spring Festival" -- is the same: a celebration ...#
King Cake Season Is Here
 

King Cake Season Is Here


By KitchenDaily Editors, Posted Dec 20th 2010

AlamyShortly after the New Year, the King Cake starts making its first appearances in homes and offices around Louisiana. The cake is also called Twelfth Night Cake or Epiphany Cake (in reference to the visit of the three wise men to the baby Jesus 12 days after his birth) and therefore technically should make its debut on January 6, but we doubt anyone will mind if you ... Read More# AlamyShortly after the New Year, the King Cake starts making its first appearances in homes and offices around Louisiana. The cake is also called Twelfth Night Cake or Epiphany Cake (in reference to the visit of the three wise men to the baby Jesus 12 days after his birth) and therefore technically should make its debut on January 6, but we doubt anyone will mind if you ...#
Champagne Punch Recipes
 

Champagne Punch Recipes


By KitchenDaily Editors, Posted Dec 20th 2010

Alamy Champagne cocktails are great, but sometimes you just don't want to deal with making individual drinks -- that task is manageable for just two people, but not ideal for a crowd. So we've rounded up seven Champagne punch recipes (somehow putting the words "Champagne" and "punch" together is festive in and of itself) that are perfect for holiday gatherings. ... Read More# Alamy Champagne cocktails are great, but sometimes you just don't want to deal with making individual drinks -- that task is manageable for just two people, but not ideal for a crowd. So we've rounded up seven Champagne punch recipes (somehow putting the words "Champagne" and "punch" together is festive in and of itself) that are perfect for holiday gatherings. ...#
Recipes with Soda
 

Recipes with Soda


By KitchenDaily Editors, Posted Dec 20th 2010

Getty ImagesDid you overstock on pop for your holiday parties? Use up extra soda in these recipes for french toast, oven-baked chicken wings, ancho chili, salmon and a lemon sorbet. Chef Rudolp Speckamp of The Culinary Institute of America developed the following recipes using soda for the Coca-Cola Company -- and he shared the secrets to how he came up with the dishes ... Read More# Getty ImagesDid you overstock on pop for your holiday parties? Use up extra soda in these recipes for french toast, oven-baked chicken wings, ancho chili, salmon and a lemon sorbet. Chef Rudolp Speckamp of The Culinary Institute of America developed the following recipes using soda for the Coca-Cola Company -- and he shared the secrets to how he came up with the dishes ...#
Hoppin John for New Year\'s
 

Hoppin John for New Year's


By KitchenDaily Editors, Posted Dec 8th 2010

Getty ImagesSaid to have originated with African slaves on Southern plantations, hoppin' John is simply black-eyed peas cooked with salt pork and seasonings and served with cooked rice. The name could be a twist on the French pois de pigeon, though culinary historian Karen Hess proposes it may have come from bahatta kachang -- Hindi- and Malagasy-rooted words meaning ... Read More# Getty ImagesSaid to have originated with African slaves on Southern plantations, hoppin' John is simply black-eyed peas cooked with salt pork and seasonings and served with cooked rice. The name could be a twist on the French pois de pigeon, though culinary historian Karen Hess proposes it may have come from bahatta kachang -- Hindi- and Malagasy-rooted words meaning ...#
New Year\'s Day Brunch
 

New Year's Day Brunch


By Alexis Touchet, Posted Dec 6th 2010

New Media PublishingAh, New Year's Day. Never have you so badly wanted a breakfast loaded with carbs, a touch of grease, and an unlimited supply of flavors. And never have you been so reluctant to stand behind the stove, waiting for your comforting food to cook. To remedy both your January 1st laziness and the burning hole in your stomach, we've concocted a New Year's ... Read More# New Media PublishingAh, New Year's Day. Never have you so badly wanted a breakfast loaded with carbs, a touch of grease, and an unlimited supply of flavors. And never have you been so reluctant to stand behind the stove, waiting for your comforting food to cook. To remedy both your January 1st laziness and the burning hole in your stomach, we've concocted a New Year's ...#
Stay-at-Home New Year\'s Eve Dinner
 

Stay-at-Home New Year's Eve Dinner


By Kemp Minifie, Posted Dec 3rd 2010

New Media PublishingStaying home with the kids on New Year's Eve doesn't mean you can't celebrate. Food editor Kemp Minfie shares her simple, delicious, fun New Year's Eve menu that was inspired by years of being with her family...and confesses she only started to enjoy New Year's once she had kids. Ask any parent and they'll tell you that the arrival of the first baby ... Read More# New Media PublishingStaying home with the kids on New Year's Eve doesn't mean you can't celebrate. Food editor Kemp Minfie shares her simple, delicious, fun New Year's Eve menu that was inspired by years of being with her family...and confesses she only started to enjoy New Year's once she had kids. Ask any parent and they'll tell you that the arrival of the first baby ...#
5 Great Holiday Party Punches
 

5 Great Holiday Party Punches


By LeNell Smothers, Posted Dec 2nd 2010

AlamyUnless you've hired a professional bartender for your holiday party, the notion of making individual cocktails for you guests is absurd. You're the host, after all -- you should be mingling, laughing, and generally making merry, not stuck behind ice buckets and stacks of glasses. But we appreciate you still want a "curated" drinking experience -- a special holiday ... Read More# AlamyUnless you've hired a professional bartender for your holiday party, the notion of making individual cocktails for you guests is absurd. You're the host, after all -- you should be mingling, laughing, and generally making merry, not stuck behind ice buckets and stacks of glasses. But we appreciate you still want a "curated" drinking experience -- a special holiday ...#
The Matzah Ball Prophecies
 

The Matzah Ball Prophecies


By Ilie Ruby, Posted Nov 30th 2010

Getty ImagesI come from a line of closeted superstitious cooks, my mother being one. When my sister and I were little, every year around New Year's Eve she'd dust off the pots and pans and show her psychic culinary mettle. She'd pull the recipe card for Grandma Becky's New Year's Eve Dinner, an interfaith meal to reflect our family and holiday guests. My mother would roll ... Read More# Getty ImagesI come from a line of closeted superstitious cooks, my mother being one. When my sister and I were little, every year around New Year's Eve she'd dust off the pots and pans and show her psychic culinary mettle. She'd pull the recipe card for Grandma Becky's New Year's Eve Dinner, an interfaith meal to reflect our family and holiday guests. My mother would roll ...#
Growing Traditions
 

Growing Traditions


By Terry Odell, Posted Nov 30th 2010

Getty ImagesUntil I married, our family was blended in heritage, not religion. Family gatherings were more about quantity of food rather than specific holiday menus. My paternal grandmother always had enough food for three times the number of people at the table. At Nana's, a meal would center around brisket and chicken, or chicken and chicken, because there was always a ... Read More# Getty ImagesUntil I married, our family was blended in heritage, not religion. Family gatherings were more about quantity of food rather than specific holiday menus. My paternal grandmother always had enough food for three times the number of people at the table. At Nana's, a meal would center around brisket and chicken, or chicken and chicken, because there was always a ...#