The holidays are challenging. Full stop. For weeks, you find yourself driving around town searching for the perfect gift. At home, you become an online sleuth looking for the best deal. There are ...

We’ve all been there. Maybe a text arrives from a close friend or family member: someone they love has died. Your heart aches for them. You want to offer comfort, say something helpful, but the words ...

There’s something timeless about coffee cake. It’s the kind of treat that feels just right at home on a brunch table as it does next to your morning cup of joe. But what exactly is coffee cake? Here’s ...

There are endless choices of bread. There’s your standard white bread that is more milquetoast than toast worthy; a baguette that might require dental surgery after one bite; and sourdough, which can ...

Cheesecake. It’s rich. It’s creamy. It’s an endlessly versatile dessert. Whether you love it dense and classic New York-style, airy like a Japanese cloud, or bright with ricotta, cheesecake’s long and ...

Let’s play a game. I’ll start a phrase and you finish it: “As American as…” Got your answer? If you said “hamburgers,” you’d be about as right as the usual answer, “apple pie.” Like other so-called ...

Life is full of unanswered questions. Who built Stonehenge? Did Oswald act alone? (OK, maybe not that one anymore.) And my favorite: Who let the dogs out? When it comes to baked goods, one question ...

When someone dies, we often feel grief, sadness, and loss. But we also can experience moments of joy, laughter, and gratitude when remembering the life of a loved one. A celebration of life ceremony ...

Tell me if this sounds familiar: You’re baking a cake or cookies, and you have some leftover raw chocolate. So you think, “I’ll just have a little taste,” and you sneak a bite of it. You’re expecting ...

Some people simply have a stronger preference for sweet-tasting foods than others. Some may crave chocolate; others are drawn to candies, pastries, or sugary drinks. Some prefer high-intensity ...

In the animal world, our outdoor friends have developed countless ways to store away their bounty of nuts for the winter. Squirrels practice what is called “scatter hoarding” and bury nuts ...

Rocky Road, perhaps the ice cream world’s very first flavor combo, is a tried-and-true classic that launched the ever-popular frozen dessert mix-in craze. Rising to popularity in the 1920s, when the ...