Sometimes it takes a village to develop a new recipe. To start, an email in my inbox loudly proclaimed "Free Brie cheese". I was sold right there. I didn't know what was required to get the free cheese. Base-jump from the Sears Tower? Crawl across...

I can hardly call myself a southern gal. The phrase "Y'all" refuses to pass my lips and my feet can only seem to do one step of the Texas Two-Step. These shortfalls, however, did not stop me from whipping up a batch of a southern classic. Biscuits. ...

Thanksgiving is drawing near in the United States. Turkeys are running scared, school children are learning about the Pilgrims and the Indians, and I am standing in the middle of the grocery store, wondering what the heck the difference is between a...

Whether you're charmed by the name "elephant ears" or the miniscule ingredient list, palmiers will become one of your go-to hors d'oeuvres or desserts over the holiday season. Traditionally, palmiers are made with puff pastry and sugar, and are the...

When I asked my two boys what they were looking forward to the most about the traditional Thanksgiving feast, they both exclaimed, "Cranberry sauce!" And then came pumpkin pie, turkey, mashed potatoes... Okay, perhaps their palates aren't that...