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Best of 2021: Our Most Popular Articles This Year
These articles will help you make better waffles, better tomato soup, better chai, and so much more.
When Life Gives You Pie Scraps, Make Butter Tarts
With a gooey, just-set filling made with butter, brown sugar, maple syrup, and eggs, this Canadian dessert is hard not to love.
An Incomplete History of Mexican Wedding Cakes
At least we can say that they’re probably not Russian.
Death & Co’s New Book Is a Master Class in Mixing—and Tasting—Cocktails
The book presents an almost back-to-basics approach to understanding what balance, strength, sweetness, sourness, salinity, bitterness, and temperature can accomplish in your drink.
A Food Lover’s Guide to Cooking With Long COVID
Chronic pain, fatigue, and brain fog can mean rest and restoration come before meal prep and dish duty. But hope is not lost when it comes to cooking joy.
This Milk-Drenched Olive Oil Cake Is the Best Dessert I Made in 2021
Soak a lemon–olive oil chiffon with lots of dairy for this Italian-American riff on tres leches cake.
Why Don’t Americans Eat Mince Pies?
Made with dried fruits, spices, and alcohol, mince pies were once a beloved feature of American cuisine.
The Best Low-Effort, High-Reward Dessert Is This Overnight Candied Pumpkin
You can have a little squash, as a treat.
Don’t Spread Your Charcuterie Out. Stack It High
Held together by a salami fat-enriched honey caramel, this tower of crispy meat and potato chips is a holiday-ready showpiece.
These Chaat Masala Nuts and Cornflakes Are Dangerously Snackable
Small on prep and big on flavor, they’re the perfect little thing for your holiday snack table.
Nanaimo Bars, the Essential No-Bake Canadian Christmas Treat
The Nanaimo bar requires no glitter to sparkle, but it will certainly shine at any cookie swap or holiday celebration you bring it to.
Take a Ride With Horsey Goat, the Peppery Cheese Spread Your Snack Table Needs
Give your chèvre a kick with a touch of horseradish.
These Chewy Pistachio Cookies Go Green for the Holidays
These flourless, nutty beauties also manage to be both crispy and chewy at the same time.
Peanut Butter and Jelly Thumbprint Bars Are the Best of Both Worlds
The combo hits with a certain amount of nostalgia for anyone who grew up eating childhood’s greatest sandwich.
With These Goat Cheese and Salami Stuffed Dates, You Can Sip Your Cocktail While You Snack
These salty, sweet, and meaty one-biters spell cocktail hour success.
How to Make a Tipsy Trifle Without a Recipe
A trifle is the perfect opportunity to finish leftover nuts, dried fruits, and bits of cookies or chocolate, letting you play with flavors or highlight classic combinations.
Must Be the Season of the Spritz Cookie
Break out the cookie press for these buttery Christmastime stalwarts—and add a little cornstarch to make the dough easier to work with.
These Miso-Maple Walnuts Are Ready for Holiday Snacking
Serve them with cocktails or even give them as gifts to loved ones this holiday season.
May All Your Whip Be Marshmallow Whip
This two-for-one topping will be the talk of your holiday party.
For Holiday Desserts, Ditch the Vanilla and Raid Your Liquor Cabinet Instead
When it comes to holiday baking, look to liqueurs, spirits, and fortified wines for a glorious range of flavoring options.