New Year’s is packed with traditions, and when it comes to food, few are as iconic—or as lucky—as pork and sauerkraut. This dynamic duo has been a staple on New Year’s tables for ...

Looking to start the new year with a bit of extra luck and a lot of flavor? This oven-baked pork and sauerkraut recipe is a comforting dish that’s perfect for ringing in the new year.

Crockpot pork and sauerkraut. The traditional New Year’s Eve recipe for good luck in the new year. Pork shoulder and sauerkraut, with apples, onions, and bacon to add flavor, cooked in the crock ...

An archive dive found more than a dozen recipes with sauerkraut, from traditional New Year's Day dish paired with pork to desserts (really). Here are a dozen sauerkraut recipes from our archives ...

You either love it or you snub it. For those who live in central Pa., pork and sauerkraut is a New Year’s tradition rooted in Pennsylvania Dutch culture. It is believed if you eat the homestyle ...

Want some luck in 2025? 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 ...

FILE - New Year's Day pork and sauerkraut dinner in a file image taken on Jan. 1, 2014. (Photo By Reading Eagle: Tim Leedy/MediaNews Group/Reading Eagle via Getty Images) Head to parts of ...

Walsh knew many residents went to Trawka's for pork and sauerkraut to create the traditional New Year's Day dish, which dates back to the 17th century when German immigrants brought the food ...

AND OF COURSE, IT’S NOT A NEW YEAR’S DAY WITHOUT PORK AND SAUERKRAUT. PEOPLE CAME OUT TO A PORK AND SAUERKRAUT DINNER EARLIER TODAY, COMPLETE WITH MASHED POTATOES, APPLESAUCE AND DESSERTS.

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.