Stories

• A French-inspired Christmas menu from Patricia Wells

• Stevia tastes 200 times sweeter than sugar

• How to season a cast iron pan

• You can toast to this: Sparkling wines from around the world for less than $20

• Welcome to the virtual cookie exchange

• How to make vanilla extract

• Extra lavender? Try making lavender-scented Jell-O

• For safety's sake, discard used marinade

• Staff book picks 2013

• Growing up in Jerusalem, just miles apart but worlds away