Food

Cardamom Coffee Cake | Step-by-Step Instructions

Every cook needs a great coffee cake recipe for those lazy Sundays or potluck brunches or bake sales. This cardamom coffee cake is one of my favorites. It’s a classic crumb cake, topped with a generous sprinkle of streusel and perfumed with cardamom, which, in my view, is an completely underused spice. Click here for […]

Desserts

How to Make Coconut Pound Cake

Dense and sweet with big coconut flavor, this Coconut Pound Cake is one of our favorite spring cakes — it’s perfect for Easter and Mother’s Day!

Cooking Advice

VIDEO: Corned Beef and Cabbage

This corned beef has a twist that may make you wish it was St. Patrick’s Day more than once a year. If you don’t like boiled vegetables, try roasting them instead, says Yankee food editor Annie B. Copps. RECIPE: Annie’s Corned Beef and Cabbage

Food

Fresh Basil and Tomato Frittata

Made with the fresh flavors of summer, this tomato and basil frittata is a lovely, seasonal brunch favorite.

Food

Steak Pizza with Gorgonzola

This rich combination of steak pizza with gorgonzola cheese was voted #1 at a pizza party.

Food

Asparagus Tart

Nothing signals the end of winter like the return of fresh produce, and asparagus is often one of the first spring vegetables to remind us of the warmer months to come. By pairing the tender stalks with freshly grated cheese and puff pastry in an easy asparagus tart, you’re just minutes away from an elegant […]

Food

Homemade Chocolates | Best Cook in Town

Follow in Denise Eckhardt’s footsteps to make someone very happy on a special holiday or as a Valentine’s Day surprise. Thirty-seven years ago, when Denise Eckhardt was pregnant with her first child, a friend brought her a box of Serenade Chocolates, a locally cherished brand made by a beloved chocolatier in Brookline, Massachusetts. The box […]

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