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Corpse Cakes and Funeral Pie: A Short History of Eating Grief

Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Radio

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The Different Traditions of Feasting

Some cultures don't like the notion of feasting to celebrate or to mark the passing of someone. In some places in Africa, they purposely leave out the spices. So it's a really interesting similarity that happens across cultures and across countries surrounding the rituals of the dead. I think it is partly where we see this rise of the popularity of Henny Out Candy for Halloween,.

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