Jars of various baking ingredients in a pantry. - Nedjelly/Getty Images When it comes to a baker's pantry, one ingredient you can always count on finding is vanilla extract, but that isn't the only ...

The most intriguing foods are the ones with flavors we can’t quite put our finger on, dishes with ingredients that dance on the tips of our tongues but remain a mystery. Until a few years ago, almond ...

Since bitter almonds are difficult or impossible to obtain in the United States, home cooks, professional chefs and industrial users have long resorted to alternative sources for intense almond flavor ...

Pure, homemade extracts are easy to make and add better flavor to your cooking and baking. These simple instructions can be used to make any extract flavor using quality ingredients—no fillers, ...

The Norwegians like their almond paste. For our wedding years ago, I made two Kransekake cakes that stood on each side of our traditional wedding cake. Kransekake is a Norwegian cake made of almond ...