They were slaughtered before Hanukkah in order to render enough fat to last through the winter, when butter was scarce ...

The Christmas meal is both immutable and open to adaptation. There are no rules about a first course on December 25 – a ...

“I have probably enthused about goose elsewhere but for me, the great benefit is the roasted skin and delicious fat,” says TV chef Rick Stein. “I often think that goose is more like roast beef than ...

The holiday season is here and it's time to select a showstopping Christmas roast to make for the big day. From prime rib ...

In the past, some very strange things were eaten around Christmas. At lavish Christmas feasts in the Middle Ages, swans and peacocks were sometimes served "adorned." The flesh was painted with saffron ...

Unless you grew up in a British, German or Scandinavian household, you may have first learned of eating roast goose for Christmas when reading Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol." The Cratchit family ...

Goose has a long history as traditional Christmas fare, especially in Europe — where, of course, they didn’t have turkeys until such New World novelties began to catch on. Think back to Dickens’ ...

Traditional holiday dinners have looked different through the decades. Let's go back in time and see what dishes were gracing ...

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