Food & New Beginnings: How We Celebrate by Eating Circles

Donut Photo by Alice Pasqual on Unsplash

We humans, love to eat and we love to celebrate with food, from weddings to birthdays to a Sunday family lunch. Whilst our customs might be different, all around the world we celebrate new beginnings, whether that is a new year, a new marriage or a new baby. And while the food we serve to celebrate new beginnings may be slightly different in our own corner of the globe, there seems to be a universal theme in the type of food we eat. We celebrate the new with circular-shaped food.

The King Otter: A Legendary Irish Cryptid

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For almost 300 years, the story of the mysterious dobhar-chú, or King Otter, has haunted the shores of Glenade Lake in Ireland. What happened there?

Meet the Hulders (Whether You Want to or Not)

Young girls are enchanted to believe they are marrying their sweethearts, when in fact they will be marrying hulders - Image of girl with candle meeting her husband in a crowded room

The Norwegian hulder-folk pursue Christian-folk – kidnapping their children, making them their partners and servants, and getting their help to steal food.

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