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Liesel Schmidt
Great Foods for a Great New Year
T
he New Year…it’s a time
of new beginnings, fresh
starts and the perfect
opportunity to hit the
refresh button and shake off whatever
went less than ideally in the year that’s
just come to a close. January 1 is a day
that, for many, seems rife with possibility
for wonderful things to come, and so
the day is one surrounded by traditions
and superstitions held by people in
every corner of the world. Yes, you know
it’s good luck to raise a glass and kiss
someone at the stroke of midnight, but
did you know that there are certain foods
believed to bring on the good luck? From
prosperity to fertility, those bites you take
on New Year’s can symbolize all sorts of
great things and we’ve got a few foods
you might want to work into your day.
Bring bunches of blessings into
your New Year! In Spain and Portugal,
eating twelve grapes as the clock strikes
midnight is thought to bring good luck
on each of the twelve months of the
coming year.
Love a doughnut or a bagel? Pick one
up for breakfast on New Year’s Day
and bite with abandon, the ring shape
is symbolic of the year having come
full circle.
Greeks don’t only smash plates for
good luck—at the turning of the New
Year, it’s considered symbolic of great
prosperity and good fortune to break
open a pomegranate on the floor right
in front of the door. The more seeds you
see, the more luck you’re sure to enjoy.
Bring on the bacon (or whatever pork
product you love)! The generously round
shape of well-fed pigs is commonly
Dishing Up Luck:
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