This week, we visit Belgium for holiday baking and festivities with Regula Ysewijn. Plus, we learn about a Welsh tradition that happens on the darkest days of winter, our friends from “A Way with Words” teach us old holiday drinking songs, we make Czech-style kolaches (a sweet cheese- and jam-filled pastry), and Cheryl Day returns to take your baking calls.

Questions in this episode:

"I'm trying to figure out the origins of this holiday cake my late grandmother used to make at Christmastime. Can you help me?"

"I'm baking spiral gingerbread cookies. How do you make the white dough so that it rolls out easily without crumbling?"

"I'm trying to find an actual recipe for these Italian holiday cookies my grandmother used to make."