New Year’s Eve Food Around the World
The Food Programme
BBC
4.4 • 943 Ratings
🗓️ 31 December 2023
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Summary
Join Leyla Kazim for a tour of New Year’s Eve food traditions around the world, from eating lentils in Italy, scoffing 12 grapes in Spain, slurping soba noodles in Japan and Kransekage in Denmark and Norway.
We hear from food writer, Rachel Roddy; owner of Japanese Cookery School Hashi Cooking, Reiko Hashimoto; Spanish chef, Omar Allibhoy; co-founder of ScandiKitchen, Brontë Aurell; and author of National Dish: Around the World in Search of Food, History, and the Meaning of Home, Anya Von Bremzen.
Presented by Leyla Kazim and produced by Sophie Anton for BBC Audio in Bristol.
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| 0:45.0 | It is the last episode of the Food Programme for 2023, and I don't know if you have any plans |
| 0:51.2 | for tonight, but if not, allow us to wet your appetite perhaps |
| 0:55.9 | after listening to today's episode you might feel inspired to embrace a food tradition |
| 1:02.1 | from around the world and cook something to mark the occasion. |
| 1:06.0 | We hope you enjoy this episode. |
| 1:08.0 | Will you be using food to mark the turn of the year today? Will you be cooking up a feast for many or |
| 1:15.6 | perhaps preparing something special just for yourself? For lots of us, the arrival of |
| 1:21.5 | a new year is a time for gathering, for ritual and for reflection. |
| 1:27.0 | And of course, food can play a huge role in these customs. |
| 1:32.0 | I'm Loeilikuzim and today we are taking you on a culinary |
| 1:36.3 | journey around the world to hear stories or food traditions that mark New Year's Eve. |
| 1:43.6 | From eating lentils in Italy, |
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