lamb pieces served on a serving platter - Michelle McGlinn/Tasting Table Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish holiday celebrating the beginning of a new year, is celebrated with a table full of symbolic foods.

Unlike Thanksgiving, when everyone is spooning similar foods onto their plates, every holiday dinner looks different. For some, there's still a turkey centerpiece; for others it's the obscure but ...

Ovens are a relatively new addition to many Indian kitchens, said Roopa Gulati: in Calcutta, this lamb shoulder would originally have been pot-roasted on the stove or cooked in a big pressure cooker.

Preheat the oven to 400°F (200°C). Rub the lamb shoulder with the oil and season with salt and pepper. Put the lamb in a flameproof roasting tin and brown over high heat. Add the shallots, garlic and ...

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork)-- It's Easter Sunday and many are hosting their families for dinner later today. Chef Matt Lambert of The Musket Room stopped by CBS2 to show how to impress your guests with a ...

Moroccans often serve spice-rubbed whole lamb that's been cooked for hours on a spit at major celebrations. Cooking teacher Tara Stevens created this simplified version by rubbing lamb shoulder with ...

All photos by Kristin Perers. During Ramadan, practicing Muslims will fast, or sawm, from dawn until dusk. The fast is seen as a way to spiritually purify one’s self and to become closer to God by ...

The yogurt serves to tenderize the tough shoulder meat and as well bloom the saffron. The rice is redolent with spices and fragrant from rose water. Topped with toasted almonds, pine nuts and fresh ...

This recipe, more a braise than a true roast, comes from “Canal House Cooking Vol. 2,” by Christopher Hirsheimer and Melissa Hamilton. Subscribe at thecanalhouse.com. Hirsheimer writes, “I am not sure ...