Imagine, if you will, the most glorious festive feast, with an oversize turkey, stuffing two ways, holiday ham, the requisite fixings and at least half a dozen pies and cakes. That may all sound grand ...

Ancient Greek winter solstice festivals such as Haloa and Poseidon’s month blended astronomy, fertility rites, and the divine ...

In the era of Mexica between the 14th and 16 centuries, it wasn't Christmas that was celebrated but a winter solstice feast.

Sex and relationship expert Dr Caroline West writes about the ancient festival of Saturnalia, which takes place on 17 ...

A metric ton of cattle bones found in an abandoned theater in the ancient city of Corinth may mark years of lavish feasting, a new study finds. The huge amount of bones — more than 1,000 kilograms ...

Modern diet culture frames holiday eating as failure, but biology, history, and psychology tell a different story—one where feasting is not a lapse in discipline, but a deeply human ritual tied to ...

TEHRAN, Iran – Followers of Iran's minority Zoroastrian religion gathered after sunset to mark Sadeh — an ancient mid-winter feast dating to Iran's pre-Islamic past that is also drawing new interest ...

Great bustards are among the largest flying animals in the world. They are widely distributed across much of Eurasia, although their populations are highly fragmented. This group was beginning a ...

A new analysis suggests Natives' "thrifty" gene may not have evolved from a feast-and-famine lifestyle, but from high-fiber, low-fat diets in ancient times. Why do Native Americans experience high ...

If true gastronomy resides at the intersection of food, art and culture, then Crystal King’s debut novel can only be described as a gastronomical delight. Like much of the best in historical fiction, ...

Isotope analysis on debris found at six trash heaps in Wiltshire and the Thames Valley reveals ancient people traveled vast distances to feast together at communal spots, according to a study. Cardiff ...