Winter: Seasonal Foods & Recipes

December Foods

Vegetables

Artichokes | Beets | Broccoli | Sprouts | Cabbage | Cauliflower | Celery | Celery Root | Chanterelle Mushrooms | Chard | Collard Greens | Kale | Parsnips | Rutabagas | Salsify | Turnips | Winter Squash

Fruits

Apples | Blood Oranges | Coconuts | Dates | Grapefruit | Grapes | Kiwi | Pears | Persimmons | Pomegranates | Prickly Pear (Tuna) | Tangerines

Fish & Seafood

Clams, West Coast | Crab, Dungeness | Oysters | Tuna, Bigeye

January Foods

Vegetables

Avocados | Beets | Broccoli | Brussels Sprouts | Cabbage | Cauliflower | Celery | Celery Root | Chanterelle Mushrooms | Chard | Collard Greens | Kale | Parsnips | Rutabagas | Salsify | Turnips

Fruits

Apples | Blood Oranges | Dates | Grapefruit | Kiwi | Lemons | Limes | Papayas | Pears | Pommelos | Tangerines

Fish & Seafood

Clams, West Coast | Oysters | Tuna, Bigeye

February Foods

Vegetables

Avocados | Brussels Sprouts | Cabbage | Celery | Celery Root | Chanterelle Mushrooms | Chard | Collard Greens | Kale | Parsnips | Rutabagas | Salsify | Turnips

Fruits

Apples | Dates | Grapefruit | Kiwi | Lemons | Limes | Papayas | Pommelos | Tangerines

Fish & Seafood

Clams, West Coast | Oysters | Tuna, Bigeye

Typical Winter Dishes

Soups & Stews

• Bográcsgulyás (Hungarian beef & pepper stew)
• Borshch (Russian beet soup)
• Caldereta (Filipino beef stew)
• Chili con Carne (American Tex-Mex spicy beef stew)
• Irish Stew (Irish lamb & potato stew)
• Locro (Ecuadoran potato-cheese soup)
• Minestra di Ceci (Italian chickpea & pasta soup)
• Soon Tubu Jjigae (Korean spicy tofu stew)

Pasta & Dumplings

• Kartoffelknödel (German potato dumplings)
• Pierogi (East European stuffed dumplings)
• Semmelknödel (German bread dumplings)
• Spaghetti & Meatballs (United States pasta)

Poultry

• Chicken Pot Pie (United States savory chicken pie)
• Coq au Vin (French chicken braised in wine)
• Fesenjan (Persian chicken in pomegranate-walnut sauce)
• Paprikás Csirke (Hungarian chicken paprikash)

Meats

• Bográcsgulyás (Hungarian beef & pepper stew)
• Brasato al Chianti (Italian-Tuscan beef braised in red wine)
• Erdélyi Rakott Káposzta (Hungarian pork & sauerkraut casserole)
• Golabki (Polish, Russian stuffed cabbage rolls)
• Hasenpfeffer (German rabbit fricassee)
• Red-Cooked Pork (Chinese pork braised in soy broth)
• Roast Prime Rib (English roast rib of beef)
• Schweinebraten (German roast pork)
• Shuan Yang Rou (Chinese Mongolian hot pot)

Vegetables & Beans

• Blaukraut (German braised red cabbage)
• Boston Baked Beans (United States white beans baked with molasses))
• Dušené Zelí (Czech/Slovak braised cabbage)
• Fagioli all'Uccelletto (Italian white beans with tomato and sage)
• Gratin Dauphinois (French scalloped potatoes)
• Greens (Kale, collard, mustard, turnip, beet, chard)
• Hoppin' John (US Southern rice & black-eyed peas)
• Sausage-stuffed Acorn Squash (United States)

Breads & Grains

• Hoppin' John (US Southern rice & black-eyed peas)
• Pasteles (Puerto Rican savory cakes in banana leaves)
• Yorkshire Pudding (English savory puff pudding)

Desserts

• Cranberry Pudding (United States steamed Christmas pudding)
• Tire sur la Neige (Canadian maple syrup taffy)
• Torta di Mele (Italian apple torte)

Beverages

• Coquito (Puerto Rican coconut eggnog)
• Eggnog (American egg & cream Christmas beverage)
• Mulled Wine (English, French, German warm spiced wine)