Jaya Saxena is a former correspondent at Eater, and the series editor of Best American Food and Travel Writing. She explores wide ranging topics like labor, identity, and food culture. According to ...

As we turn the page on the calendar from February to March, we once again enter the Lenten season, a time of fasting and reflection in Christianity in the period leading up to the Easter holiday. For ...

CHICAGO — In many Catholic parishes, people are gathering for Friday night fish fries because they abstain from eating meat on Fridays during Lent. In Muslim homes, people are gathering every evening ...

On Easter Sunday, lamb is a classic part of the dinner table, but in the weeks leading up to the Christian holiday, many people refrain from eating meat during Lent. In 2025, the 40-day period of ...

While fish sandwiches might not be the first choice at a fast-food restaurant, their popularity rises on Fridays during Lent. Lent is the 40-day period of abstinence during which Christians abstain ...

The church liturgical calendar has us in the midst of Lent. Lent is usually associated with giving up something, making some small personal sacrifice in order to better understand the sacrifice made ...

For those staying strong in their Lent fasting, you're nearing the halfway mark! Millions of Christians around the world are observing the weeks-long spring tradition, which is practiced in honor of ...

Christians commonly celebrate Ash Wednesday with ashes on their forehead and fasting to start the Lenten season, according to britannica.com. The practice reminds Christians of human mortality and the ...