Culture

‘Tis the season of sweets, and baking is one of my favorite hobbies. But I live alone, so there’s no one to easily pawn homemade goods off on, which means I often end up forgoing a recipe to not be wasteful (nor overindulge myself). So micro-sized recipes are the real MVP, allowing me to get a taste of a traditional Spanish holiday recipe—for a roscón (o rosca) de reyes—that I picked up while living in Spain.

Our Micro-Sized Holiday Meals series scales down culturally-rich recipes that are traditionally meant for…

KWANZAA, AN AFRICAN AMERICAN CULTURAL HOLIDAY We’re in the midst of many joyous winter…

Christmas in Germany, and the German-speaking regions including Switzerland and Austria, is synonymous with cozy Christmas Markets—the Weihnachtsmarkt. You can stroll through the lighted stalls with a warm mug of Glühwein—mulled wine with spices and snack on traditional German Lebkuchen cookies to spice up your palate, all while gift-shopping for your loved ones.

French Idioms French has no shortage of colorful idioms. As with the expressions of…

Our Micro-Sized Holiday Meals series scales down culturally-rich recipes that are traditionally meant for…

Our Micro-Sized Holiday Meals series scales down culturally-rich recipes that are traditionally meant for…

Some could argue that Thanksgiving is the quintessential American holiday. Each year, we celebrate…

Russian, as a language, has always been elusive for me. On the one hand,…

When I was in Morocco, I got to stargaze in the Sahara desert and…

When I was fourteen years old, I started my freshman year at an international…

If you’re learning to speak Greek because you fell in love with Greek culture…