Easy Charcuterie Skewers – Individual Italian Snacks
Charcuterie skewers are fun to serve at parties that’s clean and easy to serve to guests at large gatherings.
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Make the most of your holiday season with our collection of holiday recipes! From traditional classics to modern twists, you’ll find something special to enjoy!
Piragi: Latvian Bacon Buns With Onions (Pīrāgi)
Bacon + Buttery Pastry = pure YUMM. This pastry one the outside bacon on the inside will have you wanting more. You can’t have just one!
Banh Chung Vietnamese Steamed Rice Cakes
Here at Arousing Appetites we can think of no better way of bringing in the lunar new year than hitting the kitchen. This week, our taste buds turn to Vietnam’s new year specialty: banh chung, the square-shaped rice cake parcels filled with mung beans and pork. Têt – short for Têt Nguyen Dan – is … Read more
Saint Lucia Buns Swedish Saffron
Saint Lucia buns are Sweden’s answer to the mid-winter blues. Spiced with saffron and curled into a distinctively feline S-shape, consumption of lussekatter (literally, Lucy’s cats) peaks around 13th December, which is the day of the festival of Saint Lucia and the start of the run-up to Christmas. Countries around the world celebrate Christmas and … Read more
Dutch Cookies Recipe – Spicy Seasonal Speculaas
This Dutch cookies recipe is a real treat. Known as Speculaas, it has special spices that reminds me of gingerbread. December 6th is Saint Nicholas’ day, in the run up to which kitchens all over the Netherlands will be humming with the smell of baking speculaas cookies. Speculaas – known as speculoos in France and … Read more
Scottish Steak Pie Ale Hogmanay New Years
This Scottish steak pie is made with ale (preferably a dark one!) and uses ready made puff pastry – the result is a deliciously filling crumbly pie! For most countries, the apex of the holiday season circles around the mid-December timeframe. With “big hitter” holidays like Christmas and Hanukkah (and even those like shab-e-yalda), much … Read more
