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Oliebollen Oringinal Recipe: The Dutch New Year’s Treat
Authentic Figgy Pudding Recipe: The History, the Song, and a Classic Christmas Recipe
Bibingka Recipe: A Filipino Christmas Rice Cake with Ancient Roots
Christmas During the Great Depression: “Poor Man’s Fruitcake”
Julegrøt Recipe: The Scandinavian Christmas Rice Pudding With Hundreds of Years of Lore
A Dessert for Romance: Aphrodisiac Carrot Paste from Medieval al-Andalus
The First Pumpkin Pie Recipe? A Colonial Custard Baked Inside a Whole Pumpkin
Cheesecake Recipe from the Byzantine Empire
Vintage Recipe: Porcupine Pudding (1909) from The Good Housewife Cookbook
The Best Candied Apple Recipe
Traditional Arabic Fritters: Luqmat al-Qāḍī (Judge’s Bites)
Kheer (Payasam) Recipe: The Traditional Rice Pudding of India

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