Figgy pudding is a steamed cake that usually consists of dried fruit, brown sugar, candied orange peel, eggs, breadcrumbs, warm spices like nutmeg and cloves, and suet (beef or mutton fat). Once ...

The day after Thanksgiving while visiting our family, Christmas music was everywhere. Soon I was humming, "Oh, bring us some figgy pudding. Oh, bring us ..." Well, you know the rest. We sing about ...

This pudding is great for the cooler or even warmer weather and as we near to the festive season it’s great to dish up now to. Place the figs in a bowl along with the bicarbonate of soda. Pour over ...

Grease and line a 22cm round cake pan with baking paper (or grease 8 small ramekins). Place figs, dates and water in a saucepan. Bring to the boil. Remove from heat and add bicarb soda. Process until ...

My fellow Americans, I come to you today with a message, glad tidings for our aching nation. After years of political turmoil, pandemic and economic hardship, a new hero has arisen just in time for ...

Unlike Hanukkah’s potato latkes and sufganiyot or Purim’s hamantaschen, there aren’t a lot of specific foods that come along with celebrating Sukkot. Instead, Sukkot is the Jewish calendar’s poster ...

Figgy pudding is a traditional Christmas dessert, and your guests “won’t go until they get some,” as the song goes. Figgy pudding (or fig pudding, if you please), has been around since the 19th ...

As the Thanksgiving and Christmas season returns to something like normalcy, perhaps it's time for new traditions. The mad scientists at luncheon meat packager Hormel have one idea: Spam Figgy Pudding ...

When trick-or-treaters come to your door, you’re probably prepared to give them what they demand. But how about those carolers who show up wishing you a Merry Christmas and demanding that you bring ...