Cranberry edamame toffee is a fun alternative to your standard almond toffee and looks so pretty with the red and green topping!

Cranberry Ginger Mulled Wine - a tasty twist on a wintertime classic.

Slow Cooker Potato Soup - easier, healthier, and more delicious.

Chocolate Pavlova - Deconstructed and topped 4 ways. Gluten Free, Dairy Free

Crispy duck ravioli with caramelised onion chutney.

Balinese shredded chicken with sambal.

Cardamom Biscotti - Perfect to dunk in chai tea.

Leftover cranberry sauce? Make these Cranberry Filled Chocolate Cupcakes.

Vegan Sweet Potato, Coconut Milk, & Roasted Chili Ravioli. So good, you won't even miss the cheese!

Beautiful hand carved mesquite "Treenware" by Texas artist Nancy Lou Webster.

Homemade marshmallows spiked with Baileys

A rich, thick, spicy calamari stew

26 things you may not know about tea - including some tips on making the perfect cuppa.

NOTCOT Holiday Giveaway #9: Bittersweets NY gives away one of her amazing Silver Cocktail Sword Necklaces and a pair of Silver Mano Cufflinks!

Gingerbread Coffee Cake with Cranberry Pecan Streusel - perfect for your holiday breakfast, since it can be made in advance.

Cardamon Crescent Granola Cookies perfect for the holidays.

Peppermint Mocha Ice Cream. This peppermint ice cream has mocha sauce swirled in along with chocolate chips and peppermint candies. Just like Starbucks!

A hearty one-pot meal - beef stew with beans

Nursery puddings, comfort foods, soft and creamy puddings bring out the kid in all of us. The wall street journal shares a few scrumptious winter pudding recipes.

A Lemon Ricotta cookie, with lemon glaze and a candied lemon peel garnish. Make sure you turn it upside down to eat it!

Maple bread pudding ice cream - the ice cream with a little bit of everything.

Get messy: Sloppy Joes

Cranberry Orange Linzer Cookies~ We took the best of holiday cookies & made them better w/ walnuts, orange, and cranberry jam.

Chiquetaille, a spicy Haitian cod fish appetizer

Kolaches. Part of my 12 Days of Christmas Cookies series!

No-Knead Bread. Trying Jim Lahey's method. Amazingly Simple [Recipe]

Cinnamon Chip Shortbread Christmas Tree Cookies

Butternut Squash soup with Chorizo, Kale & Chickpeas

Maple Bacon Wrapped Sea Scallops inspired by a recent trip to Ireland

These are the best donuts I have ever made and it gives me the opportunity to use my mini donut pan! Super adorable, and they taste great.

Deep Dish Pizza that will change your life. It's that good.

Pasta with Creamy Pumpkin-Sage Sauce

Brown-Sugar Buttermilk Pie. All kinds of Fall-tastic deliciousness.

Sweet and Sour Pork with Ananas and Thai Rice

Butternut squash bundt cake with lemon glaze

Pecan Pie Bars ~ A classic tart in bar form!

Three tasty drinks for the holiday season. With a little twist.

Peppermint ice cream with chocolate ganache & crushed candy canes on top!

My experience spending the last twelve months in the pastry kitchen of an independent restaurant. Plus one of my favorite winter desserts, a lemon tart brûlée.

Find out if browning butter really makes that big a difference in a chocolate chip cookie recipe. Plus the continued adventures with an Indian oven and the quest for brown sugar!

Kuih Seri Muka is layer savory sticky rice and sweet custard.

Smoked salmon salad with quail and salmon eggs

A seasonal medley of pork, sweet potatoes and pears come together in a quick, one-pan meal.

Individual quiche with a taste of Italy.