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Great Britain / Ireland: Pancake Tuesday 22 Feb 2012 | 01:46 am
Odds are strong that on the morning of February 21st, all over Britain and Ireland many cooks are likely to wake up with the bizarre thought, "Oh no, I forgot to buy lemons!" This is because that day ...
Scotland: Haggis 13 Jan 2012 | 11:38 am
As January 25th draws near and Burns Night starts to approach, a lot of people with Scots ancestry start thinking about haggis. There are, of course, lots of folks who'll run screaming in the opposite...
France: Galette des Rois / Three Kings' Cake 8 Jan 2012 | 12:48 am
All through Europe traditions of a time of cheerful mischief and "misrule" after Christmas abound -- memories of the role reversals that were part of the ancient Roman solstice feast of Saturnalia. Ri...
Western Europe: Roast Goose for Christmas 20 Dec 2011 | 04:40 am
There's a tendency to think of the turkey as having been the traditional Christmas dinner for ages. But only a couple of centuries ago, turkeys would have been seen in Europe as pricey fad food -- a w...
EuropeanCuisines Map 29 Aug 2011 | 10:39 pm
This page features a clickable map. Find the country / recipes you're looking for with one click! Please note: since we are still restructuring the site, a very few links may return "404" or Page Not...
Germany: Mitternachtsuppe / "Midnight Soup" 29 Aug 2011 | 09:35 pm
This soup used to be served to hungry partiers halfway through the all-night balls held in Germany, Austria and Switzerland around the New Year's holiday... The basic requirements for the soup at tha...
Ireland: Boiled Bacon and Cabbage (March 8, 2009) 23 Aug 2011 | 01:58 pm
This is the original, much-loved, much-missed dish that Irish immigrants of the nineteenth century tried to make when they came to North America...and when they couldn't get the pork they really wante...
England: Crumpets 16 Aug 2011 | 12:54 am
This essentially English comfort food has been around for at least a few hundred years, though the actual timing is a little uncertain... Over that time, the crumpet has gathered to itself a whole sp...
