Figgy pudding is a steamed cake that usually consists of dried fruit, brown sugar, candied orange peel, eggs, breadcrumbs, warm spices like nutmeg and cloves, and suet (beef or mutton fat). Once ...

This is part nine of the “Twelve Posts of Christmas,” a series exploring twelve traditions of the Christmas season. Of the most irritatingly catchy tunes at Christmastime, “We Wish You a Merry ...

They are certainly worthy of dancing visions. Figgy pudding also has a definite fruitcake vibe to it. And just as sugar plums aren’t plums, figgy pudding isn’t pudding — except in that the British ...