Making candy at home reads like a simple job: boil water and sugar, basically. But in practice, it's a lot of time standing over a stove. Food science maestro Harold McGee suggests your microwave ...

YOU’VE BEEN walking around lately with a perplexed, uncomprehending look on your face, and I have a hunch what may be bothering you. My guess is that you’ve been staring at the microwave oven in your ...

Holiday gifts from the kitchen can be made in less time than you might expect. Look to the appliance where you heat your coffee. This is the best time of year to create gifts in the microwave. These ...

For uncomplicated holiday cooking or gift-giving, just reach for the microwave candy recipes. You`ll run out of people to give the candy to before you run out of time to make it. Candy does not have ...

Long ago, when I was a starry-eyed 20-year-old, and for centuries before that, Valentine’s Day was a celebration for lovers only. As far as we know, it all began in Roman times, when the festival of ...

I’M not a big candy eater, but around the holidays I find myself longing for a few pieces of chewy Turkish delight. Despite the name and exotic rose-water flavor, it’s among the humblest of ...

Gather the family or a group of friends in the kitchen and get your mixing arms ready to take on this classic confection straight from the annals of history: Aunt Bill's Brown Candy. Since the late ...