It’s happening. I’m in full-on Christmas mode—planning a holiday party, baking cookies to ship to friends, wrapping presents with glittery paper that gets all over the couch. I’m like a hideous blend ...

Figgy pudding is a steamed cake that usually consists of dried fruit, brown sugar, candied orange peel, eggs, breadcrumbs, warm spices like nutmeg and cloves, and suet (beef or mutton fat). Once ...

Every week is a big week when you’re preparing a pud for Christmas. Welcome back to my Christmas Pudding Chronicles. It’s week three of documenting my endeavor to make one of the United Kingdom’s most ...

Christmas pud is unthinkable without a topping. Brandy cream, butter, sauce, or ice cream even: a dollop of boozy dairy is what softens and rounds out the dark, brooding flavour of the plum pudding.

Claire Krach of Glen Arm, Md., was looking for a recipe for Nancy Reagan's Persimmon Pudding that she said dates to the Reagan White House. Janet Morrissey of Baltimore had the recipe, which was ...