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A wonderful perfectly spiced, glazed soft gingerbread adapted from Tartine Bakery. Don’t worry if you don’t have a special patterned rolling pin – grab some Legos or other fun textured tools you have at home to create charming patterns on these beautiful cookies. 

A vegan take on the celebratory classic made with both fresh and dried mushrooms, the Marmite gives this dish an extra glossy and savoury finish.

The hollow-star tops are delicate and can fall apart when moving to the baking sheet. To keep their shape, cut a solid star and place on the baking sheet first, then cut out the center.

This two-day method is one of my nana’s recipes that I don’t stray from. I puncture the pork shoulder all over and insert a gargantuan number of whole garlic cloves into each slit. I rub the pork with a mixture of olive oil, sazón, and heaps of oregano. I purchase my pork shoulder only at the same neighborhood market where my grandma purchased hers. And I make pernil only for Christmas. Nothing reminds me of my grandma more—and nothing brings me to tears quicker—than the smell of rendered pork fat, oregano, and garlic as it fills up the house.