Unlike Thanksgiving, when everyone is spooning similar foods onto their plates, every holiday dinner looks different. For some, there's still a turkey centerpiece; for others it's the obscure but ...

All photos by Kristin Perers. During Ramadan, practicing Muslims will fast, or sawm, from dawn until dusk. The fast is seen as a way to spiritually purify one’s self and to become closer to God by ...

The yogurt serves to tenderize the tough shoulder meat and as well bloom the saffron. The rice is redolent with spices and fragrant from rose water. Topped with toasted almonds, pine nuts and fresh ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Jorge Paredes’ Greek-style braised lamb shoulder with fennel and herb salad.Photograph: Matthew Hague/The Guardian. Food styling: ...

lamb pieces served on a serving platter - Michelle McGlinn/Tasting Table Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish holiday celebrating the beginning of a new year, is celebrated with a table full of symbolic foods.

Preheat the oven to 400°F (200°C). Rub the lamb shoulder with the oil and season with salt and pepper. Put the lamb in a flameproof roasting tin and brown over high heat. Add the shallots, garlic and ...

Many ingredients but simple to prepare and worth every minute! This very popular dish can be prepared ahead of time and then reheated in the oven at 160 degrees. Rub meat with olive oil and black ...

Ovens are a relatively new addition to many Indian kitchens, said Roopa Gulati: in Calcutta, this lamb shoulder would originally have been pot-roasted on the stove or cooked in a big pressure cooker.

Some of us are leg people and others are shoulder people. Unfortunately, this truth was revealed to me slowly. Over three decades of dinner parties, mistakes were made. Today, I cook leg of lamb only ...

Preheat the oven to 210C/190C fan/gas 6½. Peel, halve and slice the onion. Place the onion and half the thyme in the centre of a roasting dish that will hold the lamb snugly, season the joint on both ...