Let this be a warning. The recipe included in this week’s column may prove so seductive to your friends and family that you will be requested to make it for every event. How do I know? Because it ...

In recent weeks I have been reliving some of my favorite childhood Christmas memories. Of course, most of them include some sort of food. Last month, I made fruitcake, a favorite Christmas treat for ...

More times than not we cook out of necessity, to get dinner on the table quickly and without fuss. For those of us who enjoy the process of cooking and learning different techniques we like to slow it ...

To make cake: Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease and flour a jellyroll pan. Stir flour, sugar and salt in a large bowl. Combine butter, cocoa and water in a pan. Bring to a boil. Cool. Mix milk and ...

The name “Hoe Cake” comes from the practice of cooking the batter on the blade of a farming hoe and also from the 17th century term “hoe,” referring to a type of cooking griddle.