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Making meringue angels
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The charms of Le Grenier
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How the ginger went missing from our family’s gingerbread cookie recipe
For nearly 35 years of holiday baking, no one noticed.
How to make Meringue Angels
A cookie project that kids can have fun building, from pastry chef Josh Short.
Decorated sugar cookies, done naturally
Nancy Baggett’s techniques create options for holiday favorites.
Cookie primer, from the pros
Expert advice on organizing, flavoring, decorating, baking and storing your holiday cookies.
D.C.’s once and future brewers
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Washington Post food calendar for Dec. 12-27
Events include wine tastings, wine dinners and a cocktail book signing.
‘Pitmasters’ executive producer is living the dream
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This Week's Recipes
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- Nourish: Wild Rice, Sweet Potato and Apple Chowder
- Mimi Miller’s Long-Lost Gingerbread Cookies
- ‘Au Naturel’ Confectioners’ Sugar Icings
- Good and Easy Rolled Sugar Cookies
- Anise Cookies
- Crispy Toffee Cookies
- Date Pastries (Batheeth)
- Fabio Trabocchi's Almond Cookies
- Finnish Chestnut Fingers
- Flourless Chocolate Cookies
- Glazed Pain d'Epices Cookies
- Good and Easy Rolled Sugar Cookies
- Green Tea Shortbread With Poppy Seeds
- Meringue Angels
- Mice
- Nanaimo Truffle Bars
- Nonna Caterina’s Green Almond Cookies
- Oaxacan Chocolate Cookies
- Orange and Dried Plum Bars With Walnut Topping
- Orange-Ginger Creams
- Peanut Butter Chocolate Whirligigs
- Pineapple Date Squares
- Ricotta Cheese Cookies
- Rosemary Dark Chocolate Baklava
- Russian Mint Cookies
- Santa's Whiskers
- Savory Sandwich Cookies With Cranberry-Fig Conserve
- Sour Cherry Chocolate Oatmeal Sandwich Cookies
- Turkish Delight Florentines
- Zimsterne
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