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You other brothers can't deny that when it comes to holiday entertaining, size matters. Sommelier Levi Dalton explains how to handle your magnum

A new iPad app from one of our favorite chefs makes cooking Italian easy, and we're giving away promo codes to download it for free

Lamb bejeweled with pistachios takes center stage on the fifth night of Hanukkah

Our peppermint meringues are the essence of the December holidays

Dale Talde's Chinese hot pot is exactly like a New England clambake, except not at all

What started as a Facebook joke evolved, for writer E.C. Gladstone, into a surprisingly tasty Hanukkah cocktail

Muffin pans are a pain: awkward, hard to clean, single-use. But these Dorie Greenspan cookies give muffin pans new life, and taste incredible, too

A 1955 Glenfiddich hits the auction circuit, a university class eats pot brownies, and more in our daily roundup of food news

The seasonal root veggie stars in a citrusy salad for the fourth night of Hanukkah

But are savory Parmesan shortbread rounds still cookies?

A mushroom-laden potato pancake kicks off the third dinner of the Festival of Lights

The secret ingredient in this chewy nougat? Edible rice paper

Seared magret anchors a Hanukkah meal involving autumn nuts, fruits, and berries

Micah Fredman sees potato pancakes as vehicles for his Caribbean-Mexican fever dreams: apple-plantain sorbet, anyone?

The weirdest food fatalities of 2012, cooking like Mark Zuckerberg, the culty culture of a cupcake shop, and more in our daily roundup of food news

We love latkes, but isn't there more to Hanukkah? Of course! Here's the first of eight great menus to get you through the Festival of Lights

The weather outside is frightful, so we're imagining ourselves on the other, summery side of the planet. But what's for Christmas dinner?

We love this brown butter apple tart, and bloggers did, too. See how theirs turned out

The chocolate Hanukkah coins are usually gross, but a handful of companies now cater to Jews with functioning taste buds

Dorie Greenspan named these coconut treats Tuckers after her pal's clothing line. Isn't that sweet? (Yes, they are.)

These apple-Gruyere pastries, says Charlotte Druckman, are delicious, light, and utterly unlike the brick-hard British mascot of high tea

Ruth Bourdain invents the Turduckenog, Martha Stewart gets salmonella, farmers dig Gangnam Style, and more in our daily roundup of food news

Your monopoly is toast: we've cracked the Thin Mint code

There's a Pizza Hut perfume, an $825 bottle of tequila, and a TV show about bacon--all in our daily roundup of food news

Ham? Eggnog? Fruitcake? Hardly. At Christmastime 2,000 years ago, Bethlehem partied with figs, roasted fish, and olives

A Technicolor treat from the chefs behind Torrisi Italian Specialties

Ruben and Isabel Toledo's holiday gift list is one we'd kill to be on. A Q&A with the artist-designer couple

Can't tell latkes from sufganiyot? Neal Pollack offers a primer on the deep-fried flavors of Hanukkah

If the Maccabees could fry up sufganiyot, you can make them at home. Just follow this Hanukkah recipe from Kutsher's