A Dish with Centuries in Its Bones Chicken Cacciatore is one of those rustic dishes that feels as though it has been simmering in our collective memory for centuries—and in a way, it has. The Italian word “cacciatore” means “hunter,” and the recipe’s roots reach back to the Renaissance, when hunters in central Italy cooked […]
A Feast with Ancient Roots Long before supermarket poultry cases and industrial farms, pheasants held pride of place at medieval banquets and Victorian shooting parties. National Roast Pheasant Day pays homage to a game bird whose story stretches from ancient Asia to modern country estates. Native to China and parts of Central Asia, pheasants were […]
The Joy of the Squeak When you bite into a fresh cheese curd and it squeaks against your teeth, you’re experiencing a tiny moment of dairy magic. National Cheese Curd Day, celebrated on October 15, honors this uniquely Midwestern delicacy. The holiday was launched in 2015 by the Culver’s restaurant chain, but the snack it […]
A Festival of Light Born from Courage and Restoration Hanukkah returns each year as a warm, flickering beacon against the deepening nights of winter. Its story reaches back to the second century BCE, when the Seleucid ruler Antiochus IV Epiphanes outlawed Jewish practice and desecrated the Second Temple in Jerusalem. In response, a small group […]
The Final Sprint of the Holiday Shopping Season Super Saturday — sometimes called Panic Saturday — is the last Saturday before Christmas, a day when millions of shoppers flood stores and websites to complete their gift lists. Falling this year on December 20, it stands as one of the busiest retail days of the season, […]