Fruit cake made with raisins on a wooden board - Cris Cantón/Getty Images Whether you're baking cakes, muffins, or cookies, adding some fruit is a delicious way to boost both the taste and texture.

Using dried fruit and cardamom steers this haroset in a more Middle Eastern direction than what you see on many American tables at Passover. You can use this recipe as a template, too, mixing and ...

Mbatata is the word in Chichewa for the dense, creamy variety of this starchy root vegetable. In Malawi, mbatata is typically ...

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Charoset, by far, was always my favorite part of the Passover table. For a kid, anyway, there was no contest when stacked up against the other parts of the symbolic Seder plate: the egg (usually ...

It seems like Rosh Hashanah customs were created by lovers of fruits and vegetables. Most families will begin Sunday night’s holiday dinner with apple wedges dipped in honey to symbolize the hope for ...

Dried fruit is a delicious snack. That's a fact, plain and simple. It makes a great addition to a midday snack of brain-powering nuts and seeds, or adds a natural sweetness to your morning oatmeal. It ...

Every week, Express-News Taste writer Paul Stephen cooks several recipes for his job — often creating his own in the process. Cooking with Paul chronicles what he learned each week from that process.

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Whether you're baking cakes, muffins, or cookies, adding some fruit is a delicious way to boost both the taste and texture.