Welcoming Brighter Days on Yalda With Pomegranates
Iranians celebrate Shab-e Yalda, the winter solstice, surrounded by symbolic foods.

Foods for Yalda include, clockwise from top: pomegranates; hogweed to sprinkle on pomegranate seeds; baslogh (soft and chewy rosewater-infused walnut sweets); ajeel (mixed nuts, seeds and dried fruit); rice cookies and watermelon.
By NAZ DERAVIAN

This Seafood Stew Is Endlessly Riffable
No matter what ingredients you use, this bold, briny stew from David Tanis sings alongside a radicchio-fennel salad and a grapefruit granita.

This adaptable stew takes well to a range of seafood.
By DAVID TANIS

The Secret to This Glazed Holiday Ham? Root Beer.
The sarsaparilla flavor lends the meat a woodsy mintiness, which sings when it’s paired with aromatics like bay leaves and shallots.

By ERIC KIM

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7 gluten-free cookie recipes for your holiday spread

By Kari Sonde

12 colorful holiday cookie recipes to illuminate the season

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In the Mountain West, the ‘Dirty’ Soda Rush Is On
With locations now numbering in the hundreds, regional soda-shop chains are spreading far beyond Utah, where they first found popularity.
By VICTORIA PETERSEN