When Seattleite Dana Cree was the pastry chef at Poppy, her desserts were the talk of the town. Now, her sweets are enchanting Chicago—the James Beard-nominated chef is now leading the pastry program ...

It’s certainly been an ice cream summer, what with artisan-ice cream makers popping up everywhere you turn. Me? I don’t feel the need to rush out to, say, Wallingford, to stand in line for a ...

You can grow these 3 unusual herbs for festive scent indoors. A plant expert reveals how to grow them successfully to enhance the holiday feeling in your home.

No one needs a reason to eat homemade ice cream. But if you're looking for an excuse to make some this holiday weekend, we can help. Herbs love ice cream. And homemade ice cream flavored with fresh ...

A ripe peach, dripping with juices and eaten out of hand, is one of summer’s most memorable pleasures. But those same peaches, poached in a wine syrup with a fragrant sprig of cinnamon basil, present ...

Deliciously fragrant, basil may be the most favored culinary herb. Just a light press of the leaves releases the spicy-sweet scent. Drafts of cinnamon, mint, lemon and anise distinguish the aptly ...

Basil is one of the most popular culinary herbs around, thanks to its spicy-sweet leaves and the way it adds a flavorful zing to pastas, sandwiches and sauces. But this leafy herb can be tricky to ...

The search for cinnamon isn’t easy here. You can find long, parchmentlike rolled bark in spice markets in the city’s Old Quarter, and cinnamon trees themselves in the mountains north of here or in the ...