The big bang captures too much of our attention at Christmas. As kids (and maybe even later), we immediately go for the biggest packages under the tree, ignoring the more apparently modest stockings ...

Instructions: Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Place squash, cut side down, in a baking dish. Add 3/4 cup water. Roast squash until fork-tender, about 1 hour. When cool enough to touch, scoop flesh with a ...

If you're searching for how to bake healthy desserts, turn your eyes to pear sauce. (Yes, it's just like applesauce but made from pears.) Wherever a baking recipe calls for liquid oil, this fruity ...

Wash and peel the pears, remove the core and place them into the Pear juice. See below. Method Pear Syrup: Mix all ingredients. Bring to the boil. Add the pears, cover with a cartouche and cook over a ...

For the prickly pear syrup: Scrape off the thorns of the prickly pears and cut off the ends. Make a lengthwise slit through the skin, peel off and discard the skin. Transfer prickly pears to a food ...

My favourite feature of the human mind is its talent for wiping stressful and painful situations from the memory. It is why we are able to train for marathons, start businesses or have lots of babies ...

Christine Dionese, health specialist and author of The Best Craft Cocktails & Bartending with Flair, has long been suggesting prickly pear for its blood sugar lowering effects. Researchers at the ...

There are, it turns out, many different ways that one can add pears to a cocktail and nary a spirit on the planet that it doesn’t mix well with. The fruit can be used fresh, blended into a puree and ...

Here’s what you end up with when you try three times to make a savory gratin using Asian pears: something else entirely. In a stubborn attempt to bring a bad idea to fruition, I ignored the advice I’d ...

Spiced squash and pear puréeTotal time: 30 minutes, plus 1 hour roasting time for the squashServings: 6 to 8Note: You can use any winter squash for this; the best candidates are acorn, Table Queen and ...