Cultural cuisine

Lighting each of the nine candles on the menorah one night at a time, Evan Zukin’s family comes together to celebrate Hanukkah. On the dinner table sit a few of Zukin’s favorite treats: latkes and hamantaschen. “My grandma makes these, they’re (hamantaschen) like triangle cookies with a little filling in the center,” Zukin said. “There's this evil person against Jews back in the ancient days....

Two cultures. One holiday. Kiara Malloy-Salgado ’21 has had an upbringing allowing her to celebrate a single holiday in two different countries. Having lived in France for a short period but also possessing a deep Puerto Rican family history, Malloy-Salgado says that each country was special in its observance of Three Kings’ Day. The holiday’s celebration resembles the gift-giving aspect of C...

Each person often has a unique way of ringing in the new year. Hanah Kitamoto ’22 does so with buckwheat noodles, called soba, and a quarter-day-long TV program. Like many other Japanese individuals, Kitamoto cherishes Omisoka, a Japanese New Year celebration that takes place on Dec. 31. One part of the celebration is a six-hour-long TV program in which several song artists perform; another is s...