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Recipe Review: Hot Chocolate On A Stick

Hot Chocolate on a Stick. The idea just sounds fabulous doesn't it? We have to warn you, once you make your own hot chocolate, you'll never go back to storebought and your friends and family will a...

Just as Good! Lighter Mac and Cheese Casserole
Recipe Review

Want to slip at least one light(er) side dish onto your Thanksgiving table? Give this one a try! Every bite is so gooey and perfectly chewy that we doubt anyone will even notice the lack of heavy crea...

Great Apple Recipe! Apple Streusel Bars
Recipe Reviews

What are you doing with all those apples you picked out on the farm? How about a batch of sweet, warm, gooey and crumbly apple streusel bars? They worked out well for us!...

Chez Pim's Mix-on-the-Counter Flaky Pastry Dough
Recipe Reviews

Check out this sweet video that Chronicle Books did for food blogger Chez Pim's new book The Foodie Handbook. While it may be too late in the year to make her nectarine galette, Pim's unusual pastry...

Dark, Fudgy Brownies with a Very Unusual Ingredient
Recipe Reviews

Look at these dark, fudgy brownies, all studded with walnut nubs. But look closer: these have a very, very unusual ingredient. Do you know what it is? Hint: these brownies are gluten-free....

Fall Baking: Angel Biscuits

Have you ever tried an angel biscuit? A post over at Please Pass the Pie just reminded us of these wonderful morsels. While we love just about every sort of biscuit known to man, these are especially ...

Justifiably Classic Recipe: Marian Burros' Plum Torte
Recipe Reviews

We're wild about plum desserts. The plum has enough tang to stay interesting in a sweet dessert, and it also tends to bake into a jammy, gooey texture we adore. So we just had to try this totally clas...

Autumn Comfort Food: Pumpkin and Peanut Curry
Recipe Review

Making pumpkin soup is one of our Halloween week traditions. Last year, it was pumpkin tortilla. This year, we tried a Thai-inspired recipe for pumpkin curry with peanut butter and coconut milk. ...

Marcella Hazan's No-Stir Polenta
Recipe Reviews

Polenta has been our food crush so far this fall. There were quite a few recipes featuring polenta in last month's Quick Weeknight Meals contest, and we're just enamored of its easy, creamy goodness. ...

Baking Sticky Toffee Cakelets
Anatomy of a Recipe

Sara Kate's delicious Sticky Toffee Cakelets are impossible to resist. Don't you want to run a finger through that toffee sauce and take a lick?! Besides being delicious, these miniature cakes come in...

Gooey and Fudgy: Hershey's Ultimate Chocolate Brownies
Recipe Review

Got a serious chocolate craving? These brownies will do the trick and leave you wishing you had room for more. They're intensely chocolately and so fudgy you almost need a spoon. You'll definitely nee...

The Best Chewy Chocolate Cookies Ever (& Low-Fat Too)
Recipe Reviews

Do you like chewy cookies? Do you love the chewy edge of a brownie? Then these cookies are your ultimate treat. ...

Recipe Recommendation: Deconstructed Fondue

We usually think of deconstructed dishes as something best left for restaurants and Top Chef contestants. But this fondue recipe – made with just two ingredients and served with a shot on the side â...

Warm and Spicy Vegetarian Supper: Chana Masala
Recipe Reviews

Looking for something easy, tasty and warm to eat tonight — and tomorrow too? Here's one of our favorite fall and winter recipes, a nourishing recipe that we've made many, many times. ...

Crispy, Chewy, Gluten-Free: Socca (Chickpea Pancake)
Recipe Reviews

We gave you several good things for appetizers and hors d'ouevres today: stuffed figs, hot brandade, and a delicious cheese. Well, here's one more. This is our favorite evening appetizer; we've made i...

Recipe Recommendation: Kemp's Black Beans

At the risk of overdoing the post-mortem Gourmet coverage, we're looking back at one of our favorite vegetarian recipes from the magazine: Kemp's Black Beans from Executive Food Editor Kemp Minifie. I...

Hot and Milky: Malted Cocoa Mix from Alton Brown
Recipe Reviews

Oh autumn. You're here. It's time for hot cocoa. Here's our new favorite hot cocoa recipe: a milky, comforting mix of cocoa and malted milk powder from Alton Brown. Notice we didn't say hot chocola...

Minestrone Soup, Full of Leafy Greens
Recipe Review

We're not sure we've ever had two minestrones that tasted the same—which makes sense, because minestrone is really meant to be a hodgepodge. This Italian vegetable soup usually has tomatoes, white b...

Slow-Cooked Tomato and Herb White Beans
Recipe Review

Soupy beans with garlic, tomato, and thyme. We took one look at that recipe and description in Gourmet's latest issue, and we were hooked. ...

Dessert Recipe du Jour: Plum Crumble

Have you seen the latest irresistible recipe making the blog rounds? We're speaking about plum crumble, a dish that Molly of Orangette just put on the menu at Delancey, and a dish that has a quite imp...

Peach and Cornmeal Upside-Down Cake
Recipe Reviews

Hello, new favorite fall dessert! Peach cornmeal upside-down cake — we love you. We've made this cake no less than three times in the last couple of weeks. Here's why....

Ricotta Pancakes with Spinach and Cherry Tomatoes
Recipe Review

We bookmark so many recipes that inevitably some of them never get made, or by the time we revisit them, the ingredients are no longer in season. We're quite glad we didn't overlook Yotam Ottolenghi's...

Looking at Microwave Potato Chips
Anatomy of a Recipe

Making a batch of super crispy, low-fat potato chips in the microwave is still one of our very favorite ways to take care of a late-afternoon snack attack. They're so easy to make, and it's fun to jaz...

Quick Southern-Style Baked Beans from Pioneer Woman
Recipe Review

"Woah, Nelly." That's how Ree Drummond begins this recipe, and we have to agree! We took one look at this bacon-topped casserole of smoky beans and knew we'd be making it soon. Fortunately, with lots ...

Fluffy, Whole Wheat Blueberry Muffins
Recipe Review

These muffins from Gourmet are made with whole wheat pastry flour, which as we know from this post has a low protein content. That means you get a healthier muffin with a slightly richer flavor withou...