Several members of my restaurant staff are from Mexico. I learned from them a novel way of celebrating the New Year. As the New Year approached and we were busy preparing for our lunch rush, I noticed my staff exchanging bags and handfuls of lentils. I had to ask what it was all about. I [...]
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A number of years ago we spent Christmas holiday in Florence, Italy. On Christmas Eve, we took 30 minutes drive to Siena. Although every Italian city and village has a city plaza, or piazza, Siena’s is different, it is fan shaped, and slopes downward to the base of the fan where a beautiful Catholic church [...]
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In the Provence region of France, Christmas Eve dinner quite often ends with thirteen different desserts, symbolizing Jesus and the twelve apostles. When we hear the phrase, “….and visions of sugar plums danced in their heads,” we are told by food historians that it derives from the custom, originating during Queen Victoria’s reign in the [...]
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In Eastern Orthodox faith, Christmas is celebrated two weeks later than in most other Christian faiths. And, of course, although Muslims in the Levant do not celebrate this holiday, they participate in the Santa Claus tradition so their children do not fee left out. In fact, in Damascus, each neighborhood hires someone to play Santa [...]
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Everyday until Christmas, I will post a Christmas tradition from around the world and recipe for a gluten free dessert.
In France, the Christmas tree is put up and decorated on the morning of December 24th, and the day ends with an elaborate dinner. In Damascus, the same is done, most likely reflecting the fact that [...]
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