Hot tip: For the easiest chocolate mousse, whip up some heavy whipping cream, then gently fold it into the cooled pudding.

Last year, one of my colleagues, Shawn Vestal, wrote an ode on this page to finger steaks. They taste fine, sure, but let’s review what they are. Finger steaks are small pieces of cow soaked in ...

For most of my childhood, my grandmother lived on the beach in southern Connecticut. Not once but twice in her years there, the little house washed away in hurricanes, but the appeal of the surf was ...

Grandma’s plum pudding at my house was particularly a hit with my brother and me. The reason for this came down to one important fact that I have not yet mentioned: My grandmother hid silver coins in ...

Some of my earliest and fondest kitchen memories are of making pudding with my grandma. I remember standing on the step stool at her stove, stirring -- and stirring -- the pot of warm, cocoa-y milk ...

I will always have a soft spot in my heart for pudding, in large part because it brings me right back to my grandma’s house, where as a child I stood on a step stool so I could reach the pot and help ...

I will always have a soft spot in my heart for pudding, in large part because it brings me right back to my grandma’s house, where as a child I stood on a step stool so I could reach the pot and help ...

Stashed in the back of our stuffed chocolate cupboard is a well-loved box overflowing with handwritten recipes, food notes and wrinkled wine labels. It’s a repository of our life in food — a truer ...

Some foods don’t just feed you, they stick with you for life. Grandma’s cooking had a way of setting the standard so high ...

Editor’s note: Since fans of plum pudding know they have to start early, today we are running Napan Nancy Comfort’s reflection — and directions for making your own. Comfort will be contributing food ...