Christmas
Blood Orange and Grapefruit Salad With Cinnamon
A sage-infused vinaigrette and a dash of warming cinnamon take this citrusy dish one step further than most breakfast and brunch fruit salads.
Spicy Ancho Chile and Cilantro Short Ribs
Ancho chile powder adds a remarkable smokiness to this dish, while the cilantro beautifully brightens it up. Choose the best-quality short ribs you can find. It makes a nice difference in flavor and fat content.
Creamy Mashed Cauliflower "Potatoes"
Try this creamy cauliflower purée instead of mashed potatoes—it's more nutritious, lower-carb, and just as delicious.
Mandarin Orange Napoleons
Chinese five-spice powder, sprinkled throughout the layers of phyllo dough, and an orange–cream cheese filling give this dessert a wonderful aroma.
5 Elegant and Easy Holiday Desserts
It's begining to look a lot like delicious pies and cakes and tarts and crepes!
5 Cooking Projects to Do With The Kids Over Holiday Break
Because extra time at home over the holidays can mean extra time to have some fun in the kitchen together.
The Christmas Cookie Trick That Makes Any Cookie Fancy
This one trick from Dorie Greenspan will help your cookies run rings around the competition.
5 Cozy Week-Before-Christmas Recipes
All that holiday shopping can really make you hungry. Here are the dishes you need to get through the week.
Simple Christmas Cookies
A super-easy, no-mixer-needed cookie dough recipe that doesn’t dirty any bowls and leaves plenty of time for the fun stuff—baking, decorating, and eating dough scraps, of course.
Nutella–Brown Butter Crispies
For a smaller batch and an easier time mixing the cereal, divide the recipe in half (but use an 8x8" pan).
Hazelnut and Buckwheat Financiers With Figs
These financiers are moist and nutty from the addition of brown butter and hazelnuts; in this recipe, resting the dough amplifies all of those flavors.
Grapefruit-Vanilla Shortbread
In this recipe, a few textured and vibrant toppings gussy up a tender, buttery, and ultrasimple shortbread.
Free-Form Chocolate Candies
Known as mendiants in France, these adorned chocolate bites are a holiday tradition.
Chocolate-Covered Marshmallow Cookies
This ambitious Mallomars-inspired recipe is a project: Make the (wheat-free!) cookie base and top with marshmallow on day one; enrobe in chocolate on day two.
Chocolate Blackout Cookies
We love the look of the homemade extra-long sprinkles on these whoopie-pie-type cookies, but they take a steady hand and a wealth of patience to shape. Use any store-bought sprinkle in their place.
Duck Two Ways With Clementine-Fig Relish
The best way to tackle this duck recipe is to braise the legs and make the relish in advance, then cook the breasts and crisp the legs on party night.
How to Have a "Hard Candy Christmas"
Make a candy-kissed edible gift while listening to the classic Dolly Parton song.
Fruity Rum Bundt Cake
Flouring the fruit in this Bundt cake recipe helps keep it suspended throughout the batter, and using a serrated knife guarantees you won’t squash or shred the slices.
The British Christmas Tradition I Can't Do Without
You don't have to be British to enjoy this old-fashioned holiday dish.
Spicy Tamarind-and-Honey–Glazed Spiral Ham
This recipe is a sweet, sour, and spicy take on the classic centerpiece ham, and the leftovers will taste awesome in a mini potato roll.