For Great Britain and its Commonwealth nations, Boxing Day offers a unique proposition - a day of rest and respite after a busy holiday season full of cooking, baking, and eating to our hearts’ content. For Kim, Boxing Day is meant to be spent with new books, but for her family in South Africa, it was a day to bring leftovers to friends. Behind the final door of our 2021 Alimentary Advent Calendar lies some wild theories about how Boxing Day earned its name.

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Sources We Found Helpful for this Episode

Happy Boxing Day, Smithsonian

Books We Think You’ll  Enjoy Reading

Anything you like; 

Kim has an enormous backlog of reading to do starting with: 

The Cooking Gene by Michael W. Twitty

A History of Food in 100 Recipes by William Sitwell

Gastro Obscura: A Food Adventurer’s Guide by Atlas Obscura

The School of Essential Ingredients by Erica Bauermeister

Recipes You Really Need to Try

Shortbread Cookies - Pastry Chef Online

Hot Milk Tea - Sweet Steep

Whipped Coffee - Pastry Chef Online

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