So you say you hate fruitcake. Have you actually HAD fruitcake? Do you know what you are missing? According to What's Cooking America, the earliest recipe for the cake dates back to ancient Rome and ...

Fruitcake has a reputation for being the worst Christmas gift ever. But not everyone shuns the loaf of candied fruit with the mysterious ability to outlast the lifespan of a Twinkie. A sector of ...

The holiday season has always been about food at our house. I love to order items from the many catalogs that arrive in the mail: grapefruit from Florida, pecans from Alabama, country ham from ...

I can’t stop thinking about the delicious sweet things I want to bake and enjoy with my friends and family. Let’s begin with a Christmas season favorite that’s perfect to prepare early in the month ...

One of the scariest things at Christmas is Jacob Marley’s ghost. Or, maybe, receiving a fruitcake. But I began to rethink fruitcake in 2008 after my book club read Truman Capote’s “A Christmas Memory.

Gingerbread and fruitcake aren't the only holiday breads on the market. There are Christmas breads from all around the world that extend beyond your traditional fruit-studded loaf. Why not try adding ...

More importantly, I generally like to defend such foods that I also happen to really enjoy eating—spread some joy around, ya know? This is not the case, however, with the holiday season’s most ...

Although not as bad as getting a lump of coal in your stocking, fruitcake may be considered one of the more undesirable items people receive during the holiday season. The notoriously dry dessert made ...