Soul Food for the Dearly Departed

A Daily Beast post digs into the roots of the Mexican Day of the Dead.

New to the Pittsburgh area and need to host a post holiday party. Would like to do a tail buffet. near or in the city please help

Eleven Madison Park does not serve lunch on Saturday. (See original post.)

Both Summerhill Market and All the Best Fine Foods have posted their holiday menus, which are fairly similar. I did not get a chance to sample their Thanksgiving offerings. For those that did, can you please offer insight as to...

an earlier posting mentioned the Corn Maiden as a place to get holiday tamales, can anyone provide the location of this establishment?

There was an incredible thread on Xmas cookies last year, with recipes (I miss Sir Gawain!) http://www.chowhound.com/topics/281959?query=holiday&user_name=sir+gawain be sure to click on the photo link of the first post . . .

Rather than change the champagne tasting thread, just a quick post about this event that Melanie mentions below. We attend this every year and it is quite worthwhile. We are headed up there on Saturday this year. Any hounds...

Magnolia—I almost posted my holiday oatmeal for two recipe, until I saw on Pat’s thread that I posted it last year. I made the oatmeal again this year—10th year in a row—and it really is the best oatmeal...

donner kebab at bereket kebab house on houston. i used to drink, i mean workshop poetry, up the block at white rabbit and loved them as a post drink, i mean workshop, bite

Fous Desserts and Cocoa Locale are both closed until around Aug. 12, I believe. It’s become fairly common for smaller places to close over or around the dates of construction holiday, so from late July to mid-August,...

It may seem a bit early but I am hosting christmas eve dinner for my family this year (40 strong) and I would like to serve a good holiday ham. I would like something close to the spanish hams we had growing up (like a jamon...

You could look into serving some Sephardic foods. I have a fritatha recipe that I will post if you are interested. It can be made ahead of time and frozen. Bureks (phyllo dough triangles stuffed with meat, cheese, spinach) are...

working with multiple groups i’m fortunate enough to be able to host three holiday dinners on my expense account (ah, but thrice as busy the rest of the year!)! one’s in baltimore, but i’m right here in philly...

on the edge to see that building unobstructed. I have posted elsewhere on Chowhound my dining experience in Rome.

I’m a North Shore native coming home for the holidays from L.A. I’d love to take my wife to a couple of places in Boston and/or the North Shore that are worth seeking out, but not too pricey. They can be somewhat...