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Occasions

Why a dish is made: for an ordinary day, a festival, a wedding, a fast or a funeral.

Everyday foodWhat people cook and eat on an ordinary day.1,062 Festival foodMade for a festival or a public holiday.400 Wedding and feast foodDishes for weddings, banquets and big family gatherings.86 Sacred food and offeringsFood offered in worship, shared at a temple, church, mosque or shrine, or eaten as a rite.116 Fasting and fast-breakingWhat is eaten during a fast, and the meal that ends it.22 Food of mourning and remembranceDishes made for funerals and to remember the dead.11 Harvest and seasonal foodTied to a harvest, a season or the first crop of the year.5 New year foodEaten to see in a new year, for luck or plenty.41 Day-of-the-week foodTraditions tied to one day: Friday fish, Sunday roast, Sabbath dishes.4

The weekly plate

Every Monday: seven dishes you may not know, what the world is cooking this week, and one way of eating.