Imagine, if you will, the most glorious festive feast, with an oversize turkey, stuffing two ways, holiday ham, the requisite fixings and at least half a dozen pies and cakes. That may all sound grand ...

Epiphany koliva, a version of the food eaten at funerals in Eastern Europe, has been prepared for many centuries on the Greek ...

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"Marcus Gavius Apicius purchased me on a day hot enough to fry sausage on the market stones." So begins the tale of Thrasius, the fictional narrator of Feast of Sorrow. Released this week, the novel ...

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) – Followers of Iran’s minority Zoroastrian religion gathered after sunset to mark Sadeh _ an ancient mid-winter feast dating to Iran’s pre-Islamic past that is also drawing new ...

TEHRAN, IranTEHRAN, Iran — Followers of Iran’s minority Zoroastrian religion gathered after sunset to mark Sadeh – an ancient mid-winter feast dating to Iran’s pre-Islamic past that is also drawing ...

Prehistoric leftovers of a feast 12,000 years ago at an apparent shaman's gravesite have been unearthed in what is now Israel. Archaeologists say the ritual might be the first clear evidence of ...

Iranian Zoroastrian youth carry torches to set fire on an already prepared pile of wood, during the Sadeh festival, an ancient Zoroastrians' feast celebrating the creation of fire, outside the capital ...

(AP) Followers of Iran’s minority Zoroastrian religion gathered after sunset to mark Sadeh an ancient mid-winter feast dating to Iran’s pre-Islamic past that is also drawing new interest from Muslims.

“Feast Your Eyes: A Taste for Luxury in Ancient Iran,” on view at the Smithsonian’s Freer and Sackler Galleries beginning Feb. 4, explores the beauty, role and function of luxury metalwork in ancient ...