The Oldest Comfort Food Bread is older than recorded history. Long before agriculture, Paleolithic people ground wild grains into meal and baked flatbreads on hot stones. With the advent of farming around 10,000 years ago, grains became humanity’s staple crop, and by 6000 BCE Egyptians were fermenting doughs with wild yeasts to make airy loaves. […]
The Taste of Autumn There’s a moment in late autumn when the air smells of fallen leaves and woodsmoke and you can almost taste the season on the breeze. That’s […]
A Whiskered Icon Turns Another Year Older On November 18 we pause to wish a happy birthday to one of the most recognizable characters on the planet: Mickey Mouse. Since his […]
Celebrating a Cultural Icon Every November 18, fans around the world observe Mickey Mouse Day—a holiday honoring the debut of the world’s most famous mouse. Unlike Mickey Mouse Birthday, which focuses […]
Celebrating the Sweetheart of the Disney Universe On November 18 we also celebrate the birthday of Minnie Mouse, Mickey’s stylish and spirited counterpart. She first appeared alongside Mickey in Steamboat Willie […]
The Pop, the Fizz, and the Buzz Pop the top of a cola can or uncap a bottle of fizzy cold brew and you’ll hear a gentle hiss and crackle—the […]
Rolling the Dice on Fun and Strategy National Play Monopoly Day on November 19 invites families and friends to dust off their game boards, appoint a banker and embark on an […]
Honoring Lives Lost and Confronting Violence Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDOR), observed every year on November 20, is a solemn day dedicated to honoring transgender and gender-diverse people whose lives […]
A Sweet and Spicy Tradition Gingerbread has a long and flavorful history that spans continents and centuries. In China, ginger has been used medicinally for more than 4,000 years. Medieval […]
The Heart of the Holiday Table Stuffing—or dressing, depending on where you live—has been part of festive tables for centuries. Recipes for filled birds and baked breads span civilizations and […]
Celebrating Alaska’s Most Improbable Creature Alascattalo Day, observed on November 8, pays tribute to one of Alaska’s great inside jokes: the mighty, mysterious, and entirely mythical Alascattalo. This fictional beast—a […]
The Bright Taste of Autumn Cranberries are one of the few fruits native to North America that have become an international symbol of autumn feasts. Indigenous peoples of the Northeastern […]