As a child, mincemeat pie was never my first choice at the holiday table, yet I was completely fascinated by it. It was sweet, yet sharp, dense and rich, but it didn't taste like meat. My mother ...

Mince pies are everywhere at Christmas, but they’re a little bit like Marmite – you either love them, or hate them. If you’re firmly against the pastry treat, then we’ve found the best mince pie ...

That holiday season, as my preschooler approached winter break, it dawned on me that we hadn’t yet made cookies for Christmas. I settled in on our apartment floor and sifted through my collection of ...

As I child, I couldn't understand my grandfather's love for this special pie. As an adult, I finally get it. My grandfather’s favorite foods comprised a culinary genre all their own — what I called ...

My grandfather’s favorite foods comprised a culinary genre all their own — what I called “old man food.” He loved organ meats, scrapple, sloppy stewed tomatoes, strong-tasting trout, lima beans and ...

Amid the holiday season, Thanksgiving in my family, present and past, always requires a mincemeat pie. Almost as important as stuffed turkey, cranberry sauce, Waldorf salad and a pumpkin pie is mince ...