by What do you know about the colourful festival of Holi? It’s a Hindu festival that people celebrate around the world to welcome spring. Revellers throw colour at each other, and neighbours get together to eat and celebrate the beginning of a new season. Here are 10 fun facts about the festival of Holi and […]
Give a Gift: Traditional Cooking Tools
by Give the Gift of History & Culture Teaching our children how to cook dishes from our own cultures is a gift we all pass down to our children naturally. However, have you ever thought about giving the gift of traditional cooking tools? Giving the tools used by our ancestors to cook foods we still […]
Bringing Icelandic Lamb Soup Home
by Did you know that sheep outnumber people in Iceland 3:1? Bring this hearty Icelandic lamb soup into your home with this simple recipe. Our trip to Iceland was an adventurous family experience. The landscape looked like a different planet. There is nowhere you can be lowered 400 feet into a volcano except in Iceland. […]
Dutch Oliebollen Recipe for New Year’s Eve
by Generously scattered around the Netherlands at this time of year are oliebollen stands. You will find these sweet Dutch treats at winter fairs and Christmas markets and in any town centre. However, you can also make your own with this recipe. The Dutch Doughnut Olibollen are deep fried dough balls, usually covered in icing […]
Long Life Noodles For Chinese New Year
by Chinese culture is filled with symbolism and Chinese New Year is one the biggest examples of this. Everything from the color you wear to how to give lucky envelopes to the food you eat is done to bring good luck in the coming year. Eating noodles is a Chinese New Year tradition because the long […]
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