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Scottish Dancers, Haggis-Hurling Contest: Highland Games In Wheaton
WHEATON, IL — DuPage County Fairgrounds will host the 39th Annual Scottish Festival & Highland Games on June 13 and June 15.
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Crafting a Haggis for American Tastes (and Import Restrictions)
By Remy Tumin When Scottish Americans and Scottish expats sit down on Saturday night to celebrate the birthday of the 18th-century poet Robert Burns, the traditional haggis will probably not be up ...
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This boiled bag of offal is banned in the US. In Scotland it’s a fine-dining treat
Anthony Bourdain loved haggis. But even the late, great American chef, writer and television host recognized that Scotland’s national dish, with its “sinister sheep parts” wrapped in a ...
Appalachian Ingenuity, Recipes of Resilience and Comfort: Highland Haggis
Haggis is a mixture of sheep's heart, liver, and lungs, minced with chopped onion, oatmeal, suey, spices and salt cooked up ...
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The story behind haggis, Scotland's national dish
A quintessentially Scottish dish, haggis is a savoury, offal-based pudding, described as a ‘super sausage’ by food historian F. Marian McNeill, inThe Scots Kitchen (1929). It forms the ...
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Paul Haggis found liable in rape case; hit with $7.5-million judgment and more to come
Oscar-winning writer-director Paul Haggis must pay at least $7.5 million to the woman who accused him of raping her during a 2013 encounter at his New York City apartment. The judgment came ...
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Once a Hollywood golden boy, Paul Haggis now faces another sexual assault allegation
Paul Haggis, the Oscar-winning filmmaker who directed “Crash,” has been living under a cloud since a woman sued him in civil court in 2017, alleging he raped her years ago after they met at an ...