The inspiration for these cookies are the iconic German lebkuchen, a highly-spiced cookie that’s often baked and cut into large squares or portioned into large rounds and topped with whole almonds.

This treat might remind you of a tarte Tatin — but instead of pastry, the base is a buttery yeasted bread with a creamy almond-paste filling folded inside. Caramel and apple is a match made in ...

The first course of chef Peter Smith's budget challenge dinner for 4 calls for vinegar, oil, salt and pepper from the pantry. He found a small basket of loose crystallized ginger in the produce ...

Ginger is good for you and adds a pow of flavor in the kitchen. It can be stir fried, sautéed, baked, grilled, used in soups, etc. Its history as a spice and medicinal food goes back to fourth century ...

Walk through a Southern California farmers market this winter and it almost seems there are more locally grown tangerines -- properly called mandarins -- than there are navel oranges. Sold under their ...