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Food Cooked for Festivals: Why Celebration Recipes Taste Different

Festival food tastes different because it is allowed to be richer, slower and more symbolic than ordinary food. It marks the calendar and tells people that today is not just another day.

9 min read · 10 linked recipes · World On A Plate

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