The Berkowitz family of Ambler gathered yesterday for its traditional Christmas dinner: wonton soup, pan-seared pork dumplings, salt-baked shrimp and scallops, orange beef, and sweet-and-sour chicken.

Using a medium sized casserole dish put a layer of potatoes then sprinkle with some of the onion, cheese, salt and pepper. Repeat the layers until you've used all the ingredients - finish with a layer of cheese.Pour the cream or milk over it evenly. I think it tastes best with cream, but it all depends if your on a diet or not.Bake at 180 C for...

Fried, mashed, baked, scalloped, au gratin, hash-browned - the potato is one mighty tasty treat. But now, new technology is making it so much more. Say goodbye to plastic forks, because a new company called SpudWare is making cutlery from potatoes

Italians around the world celebrate Christmas Eve with a Feast of the Seven Fishes, also known as La Vigilia.It is a meal that consists of, typically, seven different seafood dishes. Some Italian families have been known to celebrate with 9, 11 or 13 different seafood dishes. This celebration is a commemoration of the wait, Vigilia di Natale, for the midnight birth of the baby Jesus.There are many hypotheses for what the number "7" relates to, one being the number of Sacraments in the Catholic Church.The components to the meal are similar for most families as there are always some seven combinations of: anchovies, sardines, dried salt cod, smelts, eels, squid, octopus, shrimp, mussels, oysters, and clams. In the mix are pastas, vegetables, baked or fried kale patties, baked goods, and the pride-filled homemade wine.Popular Dishes include: Stuffed Calamari in Tomato Sauce Fried Smelts Oyster Shooters Deep Fried Calamari Deep Fried Breaded Oysters Deep Fried Fish/Shrimp Deep Fried Scallops Linguine with Clam Sauce Cod fish balls in tomato sauce Marinated Eel Baccala Whiting Kale patties (baked or fried)