Preheat the oven to 400 degrees and butter 24 mini-muffin cups, each 13/4 inches wide by 1 inch deep. Into a large bowl, sift the flour with the baking powder, salt, cinnamon and nutmeg. In a separate ...

As I combed the internet for holiday cookie swap ideas this year, I stumbled on what’s believed to be the first Christmas cookie in the United States. Simply called “Christmas Cookey,” the recipe was ...

branches slung over their shoulders. After several hours of such Revolutionary-era activities in Friday’s crisp parents pitched in. “I made Apple Brown Betty – well, my mom did most of it – with ...

Pork belly has become a hot menu item at many restaurants, but it has a long culinary history despite its public disappearance for many decades before a recent resurgence. Highly popular in the ...

Smoke and flames bathed a large black iron pan as Diane Schwindt poured dough into bubbling lard on Sunday. The flames of the outdoor hearth — and the apple fritters she fried — were part of the ...

Colonial America usually had access to fresh shrimp, since nearly everyone at the time lived along the Atlantic coast. Here's a clever new spin on a very old presentation. In a large pot, combine 1 ...