Here we are, celebrating the first Sunday of 2024. Perhaps the word “celebrating” is not quite appropriate, seeing how the new year came in just about how it went out — with violence and upheaval in ...

For Wilfred Cadet, buying soup on Sunday is the equivalent of going to church. Seated on plastic chairs next to a street food stand tucked in an alleyway, the 47-year-old Haitian slurps orange-colored ...

Most New Year’s Day food traditions are meant to bring good luck into the new calendar year. For example, the custom of eating collard greens and black-eyed peas on the first day of the new year has ...

The smell of crushed eggplants and sizzling red peppers wafts in the air of the Mesa Verde kitchen. But it’s not the signature cuisine of this Mexican restaurant in Greenfield, Massachusetts. Amy ...

Gathering on New Year’s Day for ‘soup Joumou,’ a traditional Haitian pumpkin soup, is a great way to meet people from different cultures and break down barriers, writes Bea Hines. jeffery a. salter ...