The holidays always bring up conflicts — not just about family or politics, but important things like which seasonal treats are disgusting and which are delicious. Strong feelings tend to arise when ...

(The Conversation) – Nothing says Christmas quite like a fruitcake – or, at the very least, a fruitcake joke. A quip attributed to former “Tonight Show” host Johnny Carson has it that “There is only ...

Fruitcake has a reputation that travels faster than the dessert itself. Some people love it, others joke about it, and plenty of folks simply avoid it altogether. Yet every December, it appears again, ...

Linda Raedisch is a gifted cook and now has become a gifted scholar with her new holiday book, “The Secret History of Christmas Baking: Recipes & Stories from Tomb Offerings to Gingerbread Boys” ...

Once one of the most popular cakes around, fruitcake, a dense bread-like cake studded with candied fruits, has become a national joke in the US., many calling it one of the worst holiday gifts. We ...

The holiday season has always been about food at our house. I love to order items from the many catalogs that arrive in the mail: grapefruit from Florida, pecans from Alabama, country ham from ...

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