Reporting from Boise, Idaho — For high school senior Alex Wray, there’s no stigma to his membership in a troupe that performs traditional old-world peasant dances. The 17-year-old also is an offensive ...

This relatively simple custard filled cake has a dedicated following within Basque communities. There is a Gâteau Basque Museum committed to demonstrating the technique of baking and a two-day Fête du ...

BOISE — Valentine Aguirre could be heard at New York boat docks in the late 1800s shouting, “Euskaldunak emen badira?” It means, “Are there any Basques here?” The familiar sound of their language from ...

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho is home to one of the biggest concentrations of Basques in the United States, and the best way to learn more about that heritage is by visiting the Basque Block, tucked in ...

Some U.S. cities have become practically synonymous with the ethnic and religious groups who have settled there, such as the proud Irish Americans of Boston’s “Southie” neighborhood (see also: every ...