Recipes

Great caramel popcorn for any holiday or occasion. If you like chewy popcorn, bake the coated corn a little less.

Lightly mashed sweet potatoes, brussels sprouts, tangy sour cream, and aged cheddar make up the creamy-cheesy filling. It's a simple mixture, but it tastes like a handheld bite of Thanksgiving.

The secret to Hot Bread Kitchen's richly flavorful tortillas is the masa made from freshly ground blue or white corn. Fresh masa is becoming increasingly available in cities with large Mexican populations, but masa harina, a dry corn flour, works well in the recipe below. Maseca is the most commonly available brand, but Bob's Red Mill (sold at health-food stores, some supermarkets, or online) has better flavor.

Potatoes, chiles, and mushrooms fill these irresistible taquitos, which are easy to make for a crowd.

Classic Girl Scout Samoa cookies (Caramel-deLites) in bar shape but with all the flavor of the original.

Garlic sauteed in butter makes an easy, delicious sauce to coat these juicy chicken meatballs.