Christmas

Roasted Beet Dip

An earthy-yet-light spread that's great with crudité or on sandwiches and toast.

Why You Should Put Booze In Your Whipped Cream

Bump up your dessert topping with a little alcohol and a lot more flavor.

Quick Cider-Mulled Wine

This pared-down mulled wine recipe is great for impromptu entertaining this weekend.

Chile-Rubbed Turkey

Look to Mexico, where turkey has been the big bird for centuries. Continue the theme by using the leftovers for tacos (corn tortillas, shredded meat, lime…). We promise you won't miss your sandwich.

Apple Gingerbread Cake With Cream

You can use the same weight in regular apples for this gingerbread cake recipe, but don’t the little lady apples just look so awesome?!

Five Spicy Sweeteners to Bake With This Fall

Tis the season to bake with warm, deep flavors—so set that boring white sugar aside and try these sweeteners instead.

3-Ingredient Peppermint Rocky Road Candies

To crush candies easily, minus any peppermint shrapnel, place them in a resealable plastic bag and crush with a rolling pin, meat mallet, or the back of a large spoon.

How to Buy and Prep a Leg of Lamb

Grass-fed vs. grain-fed? Should you trim the fat? A meat expert answers our most pressing leg of lamb questions.

What to do With Leftover Christmas Cookies

You'll never have to toss stale cookies again.

How to Cook Chestnuts for Christmas (and Every Other Day)

In fact, there are three ways to get chestnuts out of their shells. And when you do, you can use them for cakes, stuffings, salads, soups—or simply on their own.

The French Fruitcake You Still Have Time to Make for Christmas

Actually, this French spiced bread is better than fruitcake. And it's a heck of a lot easier.

8 Things You Can Do To Make Your Hot Chocolate Better Right Now

Now is not the time to play it cool.

The Best Thumbprint Cookies of All Time

These ones really left a (thumbprint-shaped) mark on us.

We combined the rich and indulgent cheesiness of Pommes Aligot and the beautifully swirled rosettes of Pommes Duchesse into one super-luxe casserole that looks fancy but is surprisingly simple to make.