Thanksgiving is about welcoming everyone to the table, and sometimes that means accommodating specific dietary restrictions. An increasingly common dietary need is that food be prepared without wheat, as the gluten present is intolerable by people with allergies and celiac... More

Photograph from concrete angel on Flickr In honor of Halloween, I wanted today's Serious Sandwich to be truly terrifying. Something that was both scary good, but also just plain scary. I think this one fits the bill. I don't... More

The cookies use one pound—yes, a full pound—of chocolate. You can use all bittersweet (which is almost always my choice) or make a mix, say a half-pound of bitter or semi-sweet, a quarter pound of milk, and a quarter pound of white. Just use great chocolate—it makes a world of difference. More

Truth be told, about the only time I run into sesame seeds is on a bagel or hamburger bun. But the little suckers always delight me when they appear in desserts, as they do in this recipe for sesame cookies... More