Q: A friend just came back from Mexico with a pint of Mexican vanilla. She raved about the flavoring and split the bottle with me but I'm hesitant to use the extract. Isn't it banned in the US for hea...
This is my father's recipe for fudge, written and illustrated in his own hand. I have many fond memories of standing on a chair next to the stove, stirring up batches of this fudge in our Revere-ware...
In a store where the term "bulk" usually implies 50+ pounds of an item (does anyone really need that many canned peaches?), we stumbled upon two test tube shaped packages of awesomeness! In them wer...
As you restock your pantry and tools this week we'll be looking at a lot of pantry and baking staples. Here's a good question from Anne on one of our favorite baking staples: vanilla. I'm just curious...
We recently attended a dinner party at the home of Abby from AT: Los Angeles. From the vegetable terrine to the crème brûlée, everything was beautifully presented and delicious. Bu...
Recipe: Mary's Chocolate Truffle Tart with Vanilla Crème Brulee Category: Original Twenty pies! There are just a few more to go this week as we count down to a reader vote-off for the category winne...
In honor of National Fair Trade Month, we're taking a look at some of the social, economic, and environmental impacts of common pantry ingredients. Last week, we found a number of Fair Trade cocoa pro...
Vanilla, pear, and sage? Sounds like the makings of a great dessert. How about a cocktail? Well, sure. We received this cocktail recipe from the makers of Navan, a vanilla cognac from France and were ...
Vanilla! It's a star, not just a background player, and Joe wants to know how to show it off to the best effect. I recently came back from a trip to Mexico. While there, I visited a number of grocer...
Like pans and prep tools there is a dizzying array of baking ingredients available. Even a small grocery store will offer at least five kinds of flour, four kinds of sugar and lots of other things t...
Here's an easy yet beautiful dessert for early summer that shows off the berries or fresh fruit you have around, layering them with light vanilla custard and spiced crispy squares of baked phyllo. It'...
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