Festive Foods

2. a cake containing dried fruit and nuts
4. a variety of Hispanic pastries; another name for sweet bread
6. a form of chewy candy shaped like a large kernel of corn.
8. a dessert pie with a spiced, pumpkin-based custard filling.
9. meat cut from the breast of an animal, typically a cow.
12. (in Jewish cooking) a pancake, especially one made with grated potato.
14. cake made with molasses and flavored with ginger.
15. a traditional Mesoamerican dish, made of masa or dough, which is steamed in a corn husk or banana leaf.
16. a dessert of pecan nuts mixed with a filling of eggs, butter, and sugar. Variations may include white or brown sugar, cane syrup, sugar syrup, molasses, maple syrup, or honey.

1. a filled semolina cookie found in Arab regions made with dates, nuts such as pistachios or walnuts and occasionally almonds, or figs.
3. an apple coated with a thin layer of cooked sugar fixed on a stick
5. a cherished culinary recipe, especially around Christmas-time. The masa consists of typically grated green banana, green plantain, white yautía, potato, and tropical pumpkins known as calabazas.
7. A whole apple that is coated with a thin layer of caramel, served on a pointed stick
10. a spicy fish stew with tomatoes from the Maghreb.
11. a small, round medium brown-colored cookie. They are made with a variety of spices such as cinnamon, nutmeg, cardamom, or baharat.
13. a drink made from a mixture of beaten eggs, cream, and flavorings, often with alcohol.