Thanksgiving. Hanukkah. Christmas. New Year’s. Food, food, food, more food. These times can be warm and delightful and fun, but they can also be dangerous. “Nationally, the ...

Mina Hochberg is a writer based on Bainbridge Island, Washington. For over 10 years, she has been a contributing writer at HGTV.com with a focus on design trends, home organization and kid decor. She ...

Lunar New Year is a festival beyond compare. Technically it’s a week—determined by the lunar calendar but always late January to mid-February—but for many, Chunjie (Spring Festival) is more ...

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The Friday before the competition, my team gathered around a fireplace in the hotel lobby to say Kiddush and Hamotzi. Due to snowy conditions that night, our Shabbat dinner plans at Hillel got ...