10 minute pasta with walnuts and anchovies

Put rock hard winter pears to good use with a luscious caramel pear layer cake!

Parmesan Thyme Shortbread ~ Cherry Tea Cakes shares this great savory shortbread to help cut through some of the holiday sweetness.

Salt & Pepper shakers. The silicone coating wraps a plastic container which holds the salt. Squeezing the shaker reveals the holes. By Tal Mor and Shlomi Azulay aka DAG DesignLab

Prosciutto-Wrapped Truffle Fries ~ Amazing and decadent... Sippity Sup spills the secret to this serious side dish from Bottega.

Year End Quiche ~ Inspired by Julia Child, the New York Times presents this bacon and cheddar quiche for the new year.

Great waxed canvas lunch tote from Artifact Bag Co.

Leftovers from Christmas Day make a great Bubble & Squeak.

Indulge your sweet and chocolate cravings with this decadently rich, super moist and absolutely scrumptious cake! Chocolate Buttermilk Layer Cake with Chocolate Cream Cheese Frosting!

Simply the Sweet Life Magazine contributing editor Jen Johnson created this amazing Tangerine Curd Recipe perfect for the Winter citrus season.

Chicken Marsala with Sage and Thyme, plus the last recipe exchange for the year.

the kitchn rounds up its best basic skill tutorials from 2010.

Pop Rock Rice Krispie treats give new meaning to the slogan "Snap, Crackle, Pop".

Jo Stougaard of My Last Bite is in the process of eating and documenting the entire menu at Jitlada in Los Angeles. Right now she is up to 147 dishes.

Grilled Lamb Chops: Succulent & flavorful, these are the perfect, meaty appetizer!

Fluxus Dinner in Mono ~ a monochrome cookbook with recipies for six 3 course meals – Black, blue, red, green, yellow and white.

Mulled wine poached pears - a lighter, yet still festive take on the holidays!

Gingerbread Cheesecake—dense and delicious.

Neapolitan Cookies

Honey Nutella Rice Krispie treats - just 3 ingredients and a microwave.

'Le Froglet' individual glasses of wine packaged in a cup ... Shiraz, Rosé and Chardonnay

Chocolate Genome Sequenced ~ Scientist have finally turned their attention to chocolate.. io9 deciphers the findings.

Spicy hot chocolate with homemade marshmallows. So thick and creamy, it's almost like dessert.

Croque Monsieur Macaroni and Cheese ~ A brilliant comfort food combo from Food2.

Beautifully illustrated Story of (ginger)SNAP ~ as found around the neck of the bottle of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction's SNAP spirit.

Marzipan Butter Stollen

Eggnog Flans with Maple and Walnut

Almond-Hazelnut Buttercrunch Toffee - Delicious holiday snacking!

A Strawberry & Vanilla Macaron trifle, the perfect way to end our Christmas Eve dinner. A Donna Hay winner!

Almond Cakes ~ Tartelette shares a great gluten free nutty dessert served with kumquats.

The final NOTCOT Holiday Giveaway! #31 is from The Is A Limited Edition, which is giving away the 9 Cups & Saucers with Prints from Series 2! Gorgeous limited edition works of art from NOTCOT artist faves!

The Urban Baker makes some truly adorable hot cocoa on a stick.

Feta-Stuffed Turkey Meatloaf with Tzatziki Sauce

This rich Chocolate Hazelnut Bark is made with Nutella.

Modernist Cuisine shares a modernist holiday feast complete with a candied yam interpretation served with a sage foam.

Spicy Gingerbread Cookies ~ Smitten Kitchen adds cinnamon, ginger, cloves, and ground pepper to spice up this traditional Christmas dessert.

Stranger & Stranger's 12th Christmas Spirit is a deliciously beautiful Absinthe! See the details!

Pavlovas ~ Joy the Baker whips and whips egg whites into a light fluffy holiday treat.

Panettone – tweaked with less sugar, cute mini Panettone for thanking all. Merry Christmas.

A Food Tour of Paris' Montmartre Neighborhood, including where to find the freshest oysters.

Martha Stewart's Ginger Bread Cupcake is soft and fluffy - my favourite Christmas treat.

Pastry Chef Brian Sundeen and his team spent more than 800 hours baking and building this life size Ford woodie out of gingerbread, royal icing, and candy.

Snowflake Sugar Cookies with the best sugar cookie recipe-ever!

Gingerbread White Chocolate Biscotti - delicious with your coffee on Christmas morning!