honey

Thanksgiving

Butternut Squash And Fresh Tuscan Pecorino Recipe

Drizzled with "Devil's Honey" for a spicy kick

Nov 21, 2012 5:46 pm

Photo: Fimb on Flickr

Although a mozzarella or even a Jack would work, there is something about combining the tang of sheep’s milk and the creaminess of the squash that just works perfectly in this dish. The addition of chili-spiked wildflower honey (a.k.a. "Devil's Honey") adds a sweet heat that cuts through the richness of this dish.

Just Dessert

Avocado Honey Lime Ice Cream Recipe

Sweet, creamy avocado ice cream, now in season

Jun 22, 2012 1:01 pm

If you've never had avocado in dessert form, you're missing out on one of the culinary world's best-kept secrets. Buttery-smooth and less vegetal than, say, celery or spinach, avocados are perfect for smoothies, shakes, panna cotta and of course, ice cream.

How-Tos

How to Make A Compound Butter

Making flavor-infused compound butter is so easy!

May 11, 2012 5:01 pm

Photo: Jo Ann Santangelo

Compound butter is so easy to make you should have at least three varieties in your freezer at all times. Fresh herb butter works great as a finishing element for the perfect grilled steak, in a baked potato or for thickening a pan sauce, spice-spiked butter is perfect for cooking into rice or smearing on naan and the incredibly versatile sweet-fruity-salty orange-honey butter...well, here are some ideas.

Video Time

Video: Rooftop Beekeeping In Brooklyn

Filmmakers Made By Hand introduce a cool keeper

Feb 28, 2012 4:31 pm

In the lastest short film produced by Made By Hand we’re introduced to rooftop beekeeper Megan Paska, who maintains a dozen hives around New York City.

Brunch

Honey Date Pancakes Recipe

Dig into sweet pancakes with chewy dates

Jan 8, 2012 11:01 am

Photo: whitneyinchicago on Flickr

If you're going to make something sweet for brunch, make something sweet, but don't cop out by tossing a handful of chocolate chips in batter and calling it impressive. Instead, go exotic.

Brunch

Buckwheat Pancakes With Orange Honey

Nutty, flavorful buckwheat pancakes get sweet

Jan 1, 2012 1:31 pm

Photo: simplyla on Flickr

Savory crepes are made with half buckwheat and half all-purpose flour. Soba noodles are 80% buckwheat flour and 20% all-purpose. Even the blini for your potential caviar is a blend: 2 parts buckwheat flour to 1 part all-purpose. So naturally, a variation on this formula must translate into delicious brunch pancakes.

Feed The Vegan

A Vegan's Look At Sugar Alternatives

Which sweeteners should you choose?

Nov 2, 2011 1:01 pm

I'm addicted to sugar in all its forms except candy, as my parents did not give it to us as kids (shocking, I know). I have a thing for all sweet things in the natural world — orange juice, jams, pie, ice-"cream," etc. Studies say that sugar is the bodies’ first addiction; there is evidence that one mother's breast is said to deliver sweeter milk than the other.

What's Brewing

Boiled Alive: Turning Bees Into Mead

Sacrificing a beehive for a viking-era drink

Sep 20, 2011 10:01 am

I have a hard time explaining what happened to my bees. The short answer is, I killed them. Thousands of bees, and I killed them. I repeat this to myself in shock and wonder; wonder at the scale, so artificially vast, and the shame, as real and finite as a sting.

But the long answer is darker still: It wasn’t a massacre, it was an experiment. I was making...