Who goes shopping on Christmas eve? Not me if I can help it, and not if my wife can’t find me; but she ferreted out my hiding place and presented me with a list of last-minute requests because neither ...

This sweet treat combines the ease of packaged cookie mix, the cooling sweetness of a peppermint patty and a drizzle of white chocolate ganache for a confection that looks fancy and complicated but ...

Christmas cookie swaps have been a seasonal tradition for years. You bake a certain number of cookies--four dozen, five dozen, six or whatever--and then trade a dozen of yours with a different dozen, ...

Don’t know how to bake? Don’t even have an oven? That doesn’t mean you can’t make gift-worthy holiday treats. The following recipes rely on store-bought candy, frozen cheesecake, melted chocolate, and ...

Editor's note: Originally published December 2021. Updated December 2025. I spend a lot of time in the kitchen. Much of that time I’m by myself, cooking for others. My husband is a well-meaning helper ...

As a die-hard “Peanuts” aficionado and someone who rates the philosophical musings of Linus at the level of Michel de Montaigne, I’ll be the first to admit that 1973’s “A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving” ...