Sometimes, the best way to liven up the food at a Christmas party is to make old-fashioned foods new again. One hors d'oeuvre that's worthy of a comeback is vol-au-vent, a unique pastry with some ...

Okawara therefore decided to launch the Christmas "party barrel", and by 1974 "Kurisumasu ni wa, Kentakki" or "Kentucky for Christmas" had become a national campaign. Today, around 3.6 million ...