Man delivering Day of the Dead bread
Two pieces of hakari (shark flesh)
Workers making mooncakes
Hamantaschen, Jewish pastries
King Cakes
Shopkeeper arranging Diwali sweets
Baker preparing kahk cookies in Cairo
Scottish man cutting into haggis
Pastries filled with cream cheese
Banh chung, traditional Vietnamese food for New Year
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Bread of the Dead Mexico's Day of the Dead
It's not just the living that feast at a Día de Los Muertos celebration-the dead have appetites, too. Long ago, the Catholic All Saints and All Souls Days merged into a cultural event known as Day of the Dead. From northern Mexico to the Yucatán states, the living commemorate deceased ancestors wit...
Photograph by John and Lisa Merrill, Corbis

World Celebration Foods

What’s a party without food? Check out this gallery of celebratory cuisine from around the world. Haggis, anyone?

September 13, 2011
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