Often I get fixated on an ingredient. Whether it’s a herb, grain or spice, I try to honor something that existed long before I did by making it the focus of a new recipe. This time, it was nutmeg, a ...

Mary Bertek of Traverse City, Mich., was looking for a very old recipe for Nutmeg Cake. It was her grandmother’s recipe, which Bertek lost when she moved into her new home in 1955. For years she tried ...

Gatherings feel a little more special when the kitchen is brimming with the warm, spiced scents that these 11 pumpkin desserts bring. Each dessert on the list offers its own version of comfort, not ...

8 pears, peeled and cored, 2 small ones sliced and the rest cut into cubes 100g light muscovado sugar and 2 tsp for sprinkling over the cake 1 tsp ground nutmeg, half for sprinkling over the cake ...