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7 indulgent, easy homemade chocolate treats for your little Valentines (and the big ones, too).

What I want for Valentine’s Day: LOVE! What my kids want for Valentine’s Day: CHOCOLATE! Okay, I want chocolate, too, but I like fancy chocolate. For the kids, I’ll be whipping up one of these super easy, homemade chocolate treats for Valentine’s Day. The pricey...

10 indulgent Nutella recipes for World Nutella Day: Time to look for the comfy pants

by Christina Refford | Food + Recipes

Any day could be Nutella Day in my home, but since today has been decreed World Nutella Day, we have an excuse to serve up some yummy Nutella recipes, and celebrate its hazlenutty, chocolatey goodness even more. We’ve mined our site for some of our favorite...

6 last-minute treats for Santa that the kids can help make

by Stacie Billis | Food + Recipes

The big man is set to arrive in just less than 48 hours! Word from the North Pole is that if you leave Santa something extra tasty, he’ll throw in a little extra something for mom. That — and having “leftovers” — is reason enough to make one of these...

10 of the best Christmas cookies from around the world

by Liz Gumbinner | Food + Recipes

Modern city gal though I think myself, I have a total weakness for traditional Christmas cookie swaps. There’s something so cool about seeing the Christmas cookies from around the world that come from sometimes generations-old recipes from a melting pot of...

Move over, Gingerbread Man: 7 delectable twists on that holiday fave

by Stacie Billis | Food + Recipes

If you’re anything like me, you’ve waited all year for a taste — or two or three — of gingerbread. Warm and spicy, the combination of molasses and holiday spice makes any sweet even sweeter. These seven gingerbread recipes, from cookies to waffles to...

Bella’s: The biscotti that makes other biscotti want to give up and just be some other cookie entirely.

by Liz Gumbinner | Food + Recipes

I have never been a huge biscotti fan. It’s often dry, a bit devoid of flavor, and to be honest, tastes stale to me. And then I found biscotti from Bella’s Home-Baked Goods and behold, for the Italian dessert angels did shine upon us all. Any good biscotti...

3 classic holiday treats for kids with food allergies

by Liz Gumbinner | Food + Recipes

It’s no fun being that kid with food allergies who gets a chocolate Santa in your stocking, only to find your mom taking it away because there are no ingredients written on the foil. But it’s probably worse being that mom. So we’re happy to see more...

The Thanksgiving holiday cookie contest: great activity idea for kids!

by Liz Gumbinner | DIY

This year, we’re going to have quite a few kids at the Thanksgiving table and so my oldest daughter came up with what I think is a great idea: A Thanksgiving holiday cookie contest. 1. Get Cookie Cuttters My daughter and her sister were debating whether the...

Marry Mr. Darcy? Nah, eat him instead.

by Delilah S. Dawson | Kitchen + Dining

Oddly enough, I’m not talking about literary Halloween zombies; I’m talking about cookies. Specifically, those made with this adorable set of Jane Austen cookie cutters. Because honestly, I’ve always wanted to take a bite out of Darcy. We have...

8 must-have holiday cookbooks for a super delicious season

by Stacie Billis | Food + Recipes

With Halloween behind us and Thanksgiving–and Hanukkah!–right around the corner, it’s time to start collecting culinary inspiration for your perfect holiday menu. There are, of course, tons of recipes online, but it’s tricky to know which...

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