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How to Make Panacotta

Panacotta is a traditional northern Italian dish. This dessert includes ingredients such as heavy cream, sugar, gelatin, and an individual's choice of flavors for toppings; although it is often created as vanilla, with sauces spooned over top.

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Sighisoara, Transylvania at Christmas.97

A Transylvanian Christmas

Sighisoara, Transylvania at Christmas. Romania in southeastern Europe is named for its 1st-century conqueror, Rome. Transylvania is the entire northwest region of this nation, joining Walachia to the south...

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How Mince Meat Became Meatless

What happened? Mincemeat DID contain meat at one time and still does in some parts of the US, as well as most of England -- beginning back in about 1414 AD, during the Crusades and on into Virginia Colony...Here's the story.

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Favorite Holiday Recipes - Mincemeat

Mincemeat pie in a British tradition made with beef. But you can make it without meat at all or with any meat that you prefer. Once it is aged 3-4 weeks, you can make mince pie, mice muffins, mince cookies, mince tarts, mince puddings, and other holiday treats!

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"Spoonbridge and Cherry" by Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen at the Minneapolis Sculpture Garden. [Photos this page, public domain.]83

A Bread Pudding of Another Color

[Text ©Patty Inglish, 2008. All rights reserved.]  The bread pudding I watched my father enjoy was very simple, easy to make, and filling. It is not a thing of the past, but new versions have emerged that...

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Courtesy, Polish American Center. You can enlarge this picture for a coloring page. Each item in the basket symbolizes teh Christian faith in some way.85

Authentic Polish Easter Recipes - Origin of the Easter Basket

I have worked with friends of Polish descent that shared with me that Easter is the biggest feast day or holiday of the religious calender in Poland. One became very excited and told me that it was even...

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Top 10 Animated Movies of All Time for Holidays and Gifts

The films I have chosen in this list seem to me to be those that have impacted  society immensely and led the way for 21st Century innovations in animation. They can be considered a list of old classics. ...

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In some traditions, the tree is always arranged upside down.83

Christmas Songs You've Never Heard

In America, we have a diversity of Christmas traditions and winter holiday customs. Two different celebrations that have caused competing sides to struggle against one another are Commercial Christmas and the...

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Lavender fields are a common site in this region of Southeastern France. [Photos this page, public domain.]94

The Best French Christmas Recipes

Provence, France features not only fields of lavender and at least 7 locally-produced wines, but also centuries-old Christmas cuisine traditions that connect to the Easter Season of the Catholic Church as well. A seven-course meal with 13 desserts afterward is one of these traditions...

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Top 5 Healthy Side Dishes for Thanksgiving

When you eat a healthy diet, you're bound to look better and feel rejuvenated. You may also live longer, with less disease. The following easy recipes for side dishes low in ingredients that can hurt us,...

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