family traditions

A couple has scrapped modern life to live like it's the 1930s. Even their clothes, car, furnishings, and appliances match that era, including a mangle and a gramophone. Lisa and ...

Meals together are more meaningful than ever in the age of devices and diverse family types, according to ...

My mother grew up on the Channel Islands of Jersey. She spent her childhood running on the sand ...

Submitted by Sue Stangland, Oregon Who would have thought hot chicken pie would become a treasured family Christmas ...

Submitted by Victoria Emmons, Missoula, Montana One day, my sister Anita called me in a panic. She was ...

“R-i-i-s-e and sh-i-i-ne and give God the glory ... glory!! R-i-i-se and sh-i-i-ne ...” I sang to wake ...

I went to my first afternoon tea as a teenager, while in New Forest, England, for a family ...

We asked readers to share their best holiday cookie recipes and the stories behind them. After sifting through ...

For Maneet Chauhan, the India-born, Nashville-based James Beard Award-winning chef, restaurateur, and TV personality, winter weather calls for ...

In the early light of a summer morning, my 2-year-old daughter toddles down the stairs with her bunny ...

The driveway of my in-laws’ 10-acre farmette is lined with Autumn Blaze Maple trees, which are every bit ...

When my husband, Andrew, and I first bound together our souls and wallets the year after we graduated ...

My favorite book series as a child was "Paddington Bear." I loved following the humorous misadventures and happenstances ...

Growing up, it was never an option for my siblings and me to miss New Year’s at home—nor ...

There are plenty of things I look forward to on Christmas morning: the look on my daughters’ faces ...

I received the text from my friend Janine on a Saturday before Thanksgiving: “I’m with my ma this ...

As I gaze out toward my mother’s garden, the light of the autumn sun softly cascades down upon ...

Apple pies, in my opinion, are the essence of fall—warm, aromatic creations of buttery pastry full of the ...

My grandmother, who lives near the sea, by the White Cliffs of Dover, has an induction stove—or hob, ...

As a kid, I was a very picky eater. I would go to great lengths to eat only ...

For food writer and baker Shauna Sever, the Christmas season starts with cookies. Specifically, her Gramma’s heirloom sugar ...

“You’ve got the brandy? And the match?” my mom asks my dad as they walk into the dining ...

He must truly love me. After all, what else could explain that extraordinary cake? The coral-red confection stood—well, ...

The most delicious dessert I know is also the easiest. Apple crisp isn’t pretty enough for a bakery ...

My dumplings take after my father’s. I don’t remember how old I was when I first learned how ...

Caroline Chambers, a food writer and cookbook author from North Carolina, now calls Carmel, California, home. But her ...

The holidays are a time for family and food, and for carrying on the traditions that continue to ...