As the clock strikes midnight on New Year’s Eve, millions of Americans partake in age-old traditions believed to bring good fortune in the year ahead. Among these customs, eating black-eyed peas ...

If New Year’s Eve is about celebration, New Year’s Day is imbued with superstition. Every year on January 1, a peculiar assortment of historic rituals are performed as a way to invite good fortune for ...

Americans eat black-eyed peas for New Year's to bring about good fortune in the coming year. But that's the short answer. The long one involves a shared family tradition that celebrates the legume's ...

David Tanis pairs his rich recipe with a bright cabbage salad and finishes it with some unforgettable spiced apple fritters. By David Tanis Eating black-eyed peas augurs good luck and good fortune for ...

I can vividly remember eating black-eyed peas for the first time, sitting down at a long table in the house where I grew up in Louisiana. Usually, it's hard to date such an early, hazy childhood ...