Delicious lamb and rice dish with warm spices, currants, and pistachios

Hearty meat and potato stew thickened with crushed hardtack (clack clack)

Delicious buns with caraway and a topping of glaze and crunchy sugar

Breaded veal cutlets fried in clarified butter for wonderful crunch and rich flavor

Crunchy potato chips that really taste like potatoes and are far superior to store bought

Smoky, meaty, herby rice and beans that is supposed to bring good luck in the new year

A sweet egg frittata-like dish that has a classic combination of ancient Roman flavors of long pepper, garum, and cumin

Dense, heavily spiced fruitcake with the flavor of a plum pudding

Hot and flat Dr Pepper that was popular in the 1960s. Not bad if you like Dr Pepper

Medieval spiced wine sauce with fruit and almonds that complements the boar really well, but would also be very good with pork

Ruth Wakefield’s original recipe for chocolate chip cookies made at the Toll House Inn

Ration-friendly chocolate chip cookies that are surprisingly good with a flavor reminiscent of Raisin Bran with chocolate

Intensely vanilla-y rice pudding with delicate poached pears and a decadent chocolate sauce

A simple but very flavorful chicken dish that is said to have been a favorite of Napoleon Bonaparte

The driest stuffing known to man, but the flavor is that classic mix of herbs, onion, and celery

This is a good, basic sweet potato dish. The dehydrated sweet potatoes make for a firmer texture

Jiggly, vibrantly red cranberry sauce that is quite a bit sweeter than most you find today

This meal is a rather simple breakfast of toast, bacon, eggs, coffee, and orange juice, exactly what JFK ordered at the Hotel Texas on the morning of November 22, 1963

Less sweet than a modern pumpkin pie, it really lets the spices shine and the texture is so nice and smooth, like a firm pudding. This will definitely be a holiday staple for me!

Delicious sweet bread with a soft, pillowy interior and flavors of orange and a hint of anise