This honey cake is a moist, deeply spiced loaf made with honey, brown sugar, oil, and warm spices, baked low and slow so it stays dense and sliceable rather than dry. It’s traditionally associated with Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, where honey on the table represents the hope for a sweet year ahead. In Yiddish it’s often called lekach.…
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If you need a New Year soup recipe right now, you’ve got the right place: black-eyed pea and collard green soup for luck on January 1, Italian lentil soup for… Read More
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New Year’s Day good luck foods are dishes eaten on January 1 that are traditionally believed to bring wealth, longevity, or good fortune in the year ahead. In the Southern… Read More
Pantone did something this year that they hadn’t done in twenty six years. They chose white as their Color of the Year for 2026, calling the shade Cloud Dancer. At… Read More
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Rob Reiner once mentioned something on The Drew Barrymore Show that I couldn’t stop thinking about. Some fans of his 1989 movie deliberately start it at 10:30 p.m. on New… Read More
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I’ll be honest, Cincinnati’s own New Year’s Eve isn’t bad at all. Fountain Square hosts its annual Blast every December 31, with ice skating, vendor booths, a dance contest in… Read More
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A new year is a fun time to think about what you would like to learn, try, change, or get better at. Maybe there is a hobby you’ve been curious… Read More
