Geese represent a small part of Mark Anderson’s pastured poultry operation at Champoeg Farm near St. Paul, Ore., which is primarily dedicated to chickens and turkeys. However, Anderson has noticed a ...

In the past, some very strange things were eaten around Christmas. At lavish Christmas feasts in the Middle Ages, swans and peacocks were sometimes served "adorned." The flesh was painted with saffron ...

It wasn’t clear whose goose was going to be cooked when plans for our Christmas Day dinner in Edinburgh began to take shape. But one thing was clear: my own goose was on the line. I was traveling with ...

Are You an Accidental Glutton? Karen Schrock Simring is a science journalist. She gives us psychological insight that helps explain why some people can control the urge to eat, and others cannot. She.

My family started roasting a Christmas goose a few years ago for lack of any other Yuletide food tradition. On Thanksgiving, it’s turkey. On Hanukkah, latkes. On New Year’s, chocolate mousse. But when ...

There never was such a goose. This line, found in the third chapter of “A Christmas Carol,” greatly contributed to my childhood understanding of a traditional Christmas dinner. Bob Cratchit, Ebenezer ...

On the eve of this most challenging of Christmases, when there is so much loss, so much suffering, and so much uncertainty in all of our lives, I find myself remembering the Christmas when I had just ...