This cookie recipe skips vanilla extract and brown butter, two ingredients most bakers consider essential for real flavor ...

Have you ever scanned the shelves in the baking aisle, debating which vanilla product you should choose for cookies, custard, or cake? Will imitation taste just as good as pure vanilla extract? Is ...

Vanilla is one of those ingredients that shows up in nearly every baking recipe. Whether it’s the central flavoring agent in a vanilla custard, or a supporting ingredient in a cake or cookie, vanilla ...

Finding just the right thing for each person can be a challenge, but here’s a homemade gift that requires just a sliver of your time: vanilla extract. Vanilla extract is so easy, so cost-effective and ...

“Vanilla” as a synonym for boring or plain must be struck from the cultural lexicon. In fact, the spice — yes, it’s a spice, and the second most expensive one behind saffron — is so richly complex ...

Real vanilla means better flavor.

The bizarre story involving an upstate New York woman who buzzed in at three times the legal blood-alcohol limit after allegedly downing a bottle of vanilla extract led us to ask the question: If it's ...