Steeping chiles and fresh ginger slices in basic simple syrup infuses it with a kick ideal for the holidays. You can add more of one or the other if you’d like more warm gingery heat or chile spice.

Serves 4 to 6. Recipe is reprinted with permission from “Home Made Christmas” by Yvette van Boven. The author writes, “Pudding is an Anglo-Saxon term referring to steamed or cooked cake. You could ...

Tofu gets a bum rap. Some people dismiss it as health food for vegans and hippies. Others think that it’s just a jiggly white brick with no flavor. That may be because people think of tofu only as the ...

While reading a British baking book, I recently came across an ingredient I was not familiar with: stem ginger in syrup. A quick internet search informed me stem ginger in syrup is basically chunks of ...

A sweet and savory soy sauce mixture doubles as a marinade for salmon and a finishing drizzle for roasted summer vegetables ...

If you've ever tried to stir granulated sugar into your iced bev for a touch of sweetness, you know that it often results in mild aggravation and undesirably gritty drinks. Enter: simple syrup. With ...

While reading a British baking book, I recently came across an ingredient I was not familiar with: stem ginger in syrup. A quick internet search informed me stem ginger in syrup is basically chunks of ...

Also needed: 1 (½-liter) pudding mold, or a deep ovenproof bowl with a volume of about 2 cups (a Pyrex measuring cup would be perfect). 1. Preheat the oven to 400 F. Place a container (a deep baking ...