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.

Aykroyd isn’t the only person who feels this way. The actor and former “Saturday Night Live” star is one of many fans of challah, the braided egg bread that has its roots in Jewish kitchens but also ...

It was all hands on deck in the kitchen at Akron's Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church Tuesday as more than 30 women baked 400 loaves of tsourekia, a braided Greek Easter bread. All of the mixing, ...

Every Christmas season when I was young, my family would make a trip to a small Norwegian goods store in south Sarasota to load up on our favorite holiday treat: Swedish braid bread, which is also ...

Easter is a time to pull out all the traditional culinary stops and for many that means making braided sweet bread embedded with eggs for the Easter table. In many cultures, eggs are considered a new ...

Challah changed Dr. Beth Ricanati’s life. More than 15 years ago, she started baking challah on Fridays as a self-care ritual, an experience illustrated in her memoir, Braided: A Journey of a Thousand ...

For novice challah makers, the braid can seem like the hardest part of the bread recipe. Follow these simple steps to make a six-strand challah round. Scroll all the way down for a how-to video on the ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

Joyce Sieben’s home sits in an average north Bothell cul-de-sac. But inside, the furnishings, light and prints of Swedish artist Carl Larrson paintings makes one sense this is a Scandinavian home. And ...