Results for "symbolic"
9 dishes found.
Easter egg
🇷🇺 Russia and 5 moreEggs dyed or decorated for Easter, symbolizing resurrection and new life
Sweet or dessert, Breakfast, Snacks
Varenykyвареники
🇺🇦 Ukraine and 1 moreUkrainian dumplings filled with sweet or savoury ingredients
Dumpling, Lunch, Dinner
Jiaozi餃子
🇨🇳 China and 1 moreChinese dumplings with meat or vegetable filling, served boiled, steamed or fried
Dumpling, Breakfast, Lunch
Nian gaoVegan年糕
🇨🇳 China and 5 moreSticky rice cake enjoyed at Chinese New Year for good luck
Sweet or dessert, Snacks
Osechi御節料理
🇯🇵 JapanJapanese New Year foods arranged in tiered lacquered boxes
Main dish, Lunch, Dinner
CharosetVegan
🇮🇱 Israel and 5 moreA sweet fruit and nut paste for the Passover table
Sweet or dessert
Twelve GrapesVegan
🇪🇸 Spain and 5 moreA Spanish New Year’s Eve custom of eating twelve grapes at midnight
Sweet or dessert
Pan de muertoVegetarian
🇲🇽 Mexico and 1 moreSweet, decorated bread made for Mexico’s Day of the Dead
Sweet or dessert, Snacks, Tea time
CapirotadaVegetarian
🇲🇽 MexicoMexican bread pudding with syrup, cheese, nuts and dried fruit, eaten during Lent
Sweet or dessert, Snacks, Dinner
Varenykyвареники
🇺🇦 Ukraine and 1 moreUkrainian dumplings filled with sweet or savoury ingredients
Dumpling, Lunch, Dinner
Jiaozi餃子
🇨🇳 China and 1 moreChinese dumplings with meat or vegetable filling, served boiled, steamed or fried
Dumpling, Breakfast, Lunch
Nian gaoVegan年糕
🇨🇳 China and 5 moreSticky rice cake enjoyed at Chinese New Year for good luck
Sweet or dessert, Snacks
Osechi御節料理
🇯🇵 JapanJapanese New Year foods arranged in tiered lacquered boxes
Main dish, Lunch, Dinner
CharosetVegan
🇮🇱 Israel and 5 moreA sweet fruit and nut paste for the Passover table
Sweet or dessert
Twelve GrapesVegan
🇪🇸 Spain and 5 moreA Spanish New Year’s Eve custom of eating twelve grapes at midnight
Sweet or dessert
Pan de muertoVegetarian
🇲🇽 Mexico and 1 moreSweet, decorated bread made for Mexico’s Day of the Dead
Sweet or dessert, Snacks, Tea time
CapirotadaVegetarian
🇲🇽 MexicoMexican bread pudding with syrup, cheese, nuts and dried fruit, eaten during Lent
Sweet or dessert, Snacks, Dinner
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Nian gao: Schawhoi Kamnls, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Jiaozi: Bioniclepluslotr, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Pan de muerto: Fluence, Public domain, source
- Capirotada: PlumaLila, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Varenyky: Deror_avi, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Osechi: Unknown author, Public domain, source
- Twelve Grapes: Ralf Roletschek, GFDL 1.2, source
- Charoset: Unknown author, CC BY-SA 3.0, source