Yes, it’s a Pennsylvania Dutch tradition that we all follow, but it’s important to know its history. (It’s also fun.) So here’s why we eat pork and sauerkraut as well as other good-luck foods. Like ...

Here in central Pennsylvania, it’s a tradition to eat pork and sauerkraut on New Year’s Day. Germans, who migrated to the states brought along the recipes, and believed eating pork and sauerkraut on ...