When Helen Mitchell was just beginning her operatic career, she took the stage name “Nellie Melba” in honor of her hometown, Melbourne, Australia. The greatest French chef of the era,...
Pumpkin pie, or something like it, has been part of Thanksgiving for just about as long as there has been a Thanksgiving. It was so popular among early colonists that...
The tradition of lightly sweet tea cakes is unjustly neglected in the United States, so we aim to whet your appetite for a proper elevenses with an exhortation: a perfectly...
These cookies are eponymously snappy, featuring both a crispy edge and a chewy interior just the way we like them. Our friend Catherine calls this “the holy grail of cookie...