Tag: New Year

Simmering mulled wine with spices and fruit
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Mulled Wine

Snuggle up to this recipe for warm spiced wine, popular throughout northern Europe around Christmas and throughout the cold winter months.

Freshly baked tourtiere
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Tourtière

Tourtière is a savory meat pie that is traditionally served at Christmastime in Quebec, accompanied by homemade tomato ketchup and pickled beets.

Skillet with hoppin' John
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Hoppin’ John

Hoppin' John is an old Southern dish, especially popular in South Carolina. It is traditionally eaten as part of a New Year's Day meal.

Two ghapama pumpkins on a table
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Ghapama

In this celebratory Armenian dish, whole pumpkin gets filled with a sweetened rice pilaf and baked until the pumpkin is tender and the rice steamed to fluffy perfection.

Bowl of caldo verde
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Caldo Verde

Tinted a subtle green by finely shredded kale or collard greens and thickened with potatoes, caldo verde is one of the signature dishes of Portuguese cuisine.

Two clinking flute glasses of Bellinis
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Bellini

This refreshing cocktail was first served in Harry's Bar in Venice sometime in the 1930s or '40s. Named after the Renaissance artist, it is traditionally made with white peaches.

A full cheese fondue set and place setting
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Fondue

Originating in the Swiss canton of Neuchâtel, fondue was devised as a winter dish to use up bread and cheese. Fondue means "melted," and it is traditionally served in a heavy pot called a caquelon.

Plate of oysters Rockefeller
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Oysters Rockefeller

This luxurious shellfish creation was first served at Antoine’s Restaurant in New Orleans in 1899 and was so rich it was named after John D. Rockefeller, the richest man in America at the time.