Ten of the Best Inexpensive Restaurants of 2011.

The perfect dessert for New Years. A decadent chocolate, Frangelico and meringue layered cake.

Garlic, herbs and parmesan make this festive wreath perfect to tear and share.

Maple-Soy Cured Salmon Belly

Chocolate Puddle Cookie - A fabulous gluten-free, diary-free treat for the New Year... crunchy, crisp exterior and chewy, fudgy, chocolaty interior studded with flecks of walnut.

Cherry almond bars ~ Sweets with a beautiful color!

Cocoa and Pear, Browned Butter Chocolate Chip Brownies

Cherry+rum+chocolate+pecans+golden raisins... Holiday biscotti!

A Countdown of Sam Sifton’s Top 10 New Restaurants of 2011.

Sea Salt & Vanilla Bean Caramels

Cream Cheese Cookies ~ Exceptionally chewy!

Chipotle Aioli ~ elevate any sandwich to a higher level with this!

Millet gives these sweet muffins a surprising crunch.

Broccoli Cheddar Soup

Celebrating comfort food classic, pot roast, for those cold winter nights

French Country Sour Dough Bread

Dill-Cured Wild Alaskan Sockeye Salmon (Gravlax)

Baked brie with mulled wine cranberry sauce and glazed pecans

Rice & Carrot pudding~ A yummy and comforting dessert!

It ain't over til it's over: Bourbon Pecan Pie Brownies.

Loaded with pistachio nuts and dried cranberries - a biscotti recipe illustrated step-by-step.

Raw Chocolate Cake with red currants, blueberries and raspberries... incredibly delicious!

David Lebovitz's Easy Jam Tart

French Country Bread from Sourdough, Daring Baker’s Challenge

More kitchen organizing tips from America's Test Kitchen.

These red potatoes are delicious with unique combination of flavors of balsamic vinegar and brown sugar.

Simply Recipes spices up some holiday left overs in this Cajun Turkey Pot Pie.

Tutti-frutti cookies that are loaded with coconut!

A vegan cheesecake marbled brownie!

Melissa Clark's tangerine dream Dutch Baby for New Year's Day brunch

In case you are returning any gifts America's Test Kitchen makes a strong case for picking up a dutch oven in exchange.

This fluffy, lite, airy Chocolate Banana Cake is special because it is vegan, healthy and full of millet flour!

Red Velvet Sheet Cake - you'll easily impress your guests with this elegant and delicious red velvet sheet cake.

Feast of Fiction ~ A new web cooking show takes on fictional foods with hilarious results. From the worlds of Skyrim to Harry Potter you can learn how to make what your favorite characters eat.

Saffron Caramel Candy Bark

Christmas pudding strudel with chocolate. A fabulous way to use up your left over pudding by Jamie Olover

Chewy dark chocolate mint cookies starring fair-trade ingredients.

Bun Bo Hue ~ the other Vietnamese Beef Noodle Soup

Saveur and Anthony Clark share this great comic recipe for bacon wrapped sausages... just in time for the new year!

Pulled Pork Empanada with Peach BBQ sauce, the perfect use for Christmas leftovers!

Stranger & Stranger's Spirit No. 13 is here! And the packaging is beyond lustworthy ~ so detailed... from the ads on the brown paper bag... to the apothecary inspired label!

Why not ring in 2012 with a crispy Potato Galette cooked with duck fat?

Get ready for New Year's Eve with this great champagne guide from Refinery 29!

Caramelized Onion, Goat Cheese and Herb Pie---set it out on the counter and let your family graze