For Vijaya Selvaraju, Diwali celebrations while growing up in the suburbs of Toronto centered around her mother’s home cooking — namely, the sweets. “My mom has a South Indian catering business, and ...

Diwali is a festival that carries a strong connection to food, and sweets hold a central place in every celebration. The joy of sharing mithai with family and neighbours is a tradition that continues ...

Growing up in Michigan, food writer Khushbu Shah celebrated Diwali with a string of parties, flickering diyas (oil lamps) and marigold flowers around the house, and mithais (sweets) sent from family ...

The holiday season brings a mix of activities and festive spirit as different cultures celebrate their holy days. Aside from Christmas, Kwanzaa and Hanukkah's Festival of Lights later in December, ...

When plates of homemade sweets would be arrayed on the table this Deepavali, keep your diet plan aside. While the aroma of ghee, the wafting scents of roasted nuts, and sizzling sounds of sweet syrup ...

For many New Yorkers from the Caribbean, Diwali is marked with sweet treats like prasad. By Ramin Ganeshram Even though Seema Singh’s home in Richmond Hill, Queens, will be filled with sweet treats ...

In the age of social media, artificial intelligence and misinformation, it’s hard to know sometimes what’s real and what’s fake. Did Pepperidge Farm really change Goldfish to Chilean Sea Bass? (Yes.) ...