Category: Holiday

My personal favorite take on a bunny cake (or a birthday cake, or a Sunday afternoon for no reason layer cake) is an orange layer cake with orange buttercream frosting. I love chocolate cake, …

...Panforte, a specialty of Siena, a hill town near Florence, dates back to the middle ages, when it was paid as a tax to monks and nuns, and was reportedly carried by Crusaders on the …

...My father didn't just love tradition, he loved ritual. He wouldn't just visit the same city over and over again, he would stay at the same hotel, visit the same restaurant, and order the …

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/amusebouches/6343380092/" title="Ham 3 by The Domestic Front, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6234/6343380092_bee9c32fbb.jpg" width="500" height="333" alt="Ham 3"/></a> The holidays are so much more than a single day. They're an excuse for gatherings of friends and family, shared …

With all the holiday entertaining, it's nice to have a couple of good appetizers up your sleeve -- something that can be served to guests or brought along to a party. Something that can …

This is the easiest, most foolproof chocolate cake recipe I've ever made ... And because every cake deserves to be tarted up with frosting, I made this intensely flavored roasted pistachio buttercream frosting. The color is …

...When I saw this maple syrup dumpling recipe in Saveur, I was instantly intrigued. We always keep a bottle of maple syrup on hand (Grade B, natch, for maximum flavor) but we usually pour …