“I spend my money on holidays and eating out, and it allows me to be generous.” EatingGenerousHolidayEating Out Author:James Nesbitt
“The urge for Chinese food is always unpredictable: famous for no occasion, standard fare for no holiday, and the constant as to demand is either whim, the needy plebiscite of instantly famished drunks, or pregnancy.” DemandEatingStandardsConstantOccasionsChineseHolidayUrgesPregnancyUnpredictableNeedyWhimChinese Food Author:Alexander Theroux
“Do I observe holy days and holidays? Yeah, the ritual is very important to me. It's part of being Ukrainian Catholic. So every holy day we're baking pierogis and not eating meat.” ImportantHolyEatingCatholicYeahMeatHolidayRitualBakingUkrainianEating MeatHoly Days Author:Vera Farmiga
“Food historian Jessica B. Harris says African American cuisine is simply what black people ate. When I think about what my family ate, we ate what people think of as soul food on special occasions, on holidays, but our typical diet was leafy greens and nutrients and tubers - food that was as fresh as being harvested right before our meal. Whatever was in season, that's what we were eating. It was being harvested right from our backyard.” PeopleThinkingSoulBlackSpecialEatingMy FamilyAfrican AmericanHolidayHistorianBlack PeopleSpecial Occasion Author:Bryant Terry