25 Days of Christmas Cookies: Pecan Balls
...Look familiar? These Pecan Balls are the ultimate Christmas cookie. They're been around forever... cookies just aren't gonna taste the same without rich creamy butter. There! Also, pecans, which taste so... coating of powdered sugar, and -- there you go! Perfect Pecan Balls, the Christmas party treat Santa... read more...

It's as American as ... Pizza Pie
... crust pies get the most kudos (38 percent), followed by brick oven (23 percent), Neopolitan (13 percent... Giordano's.) In other pizza survey news, about half of Americans spice up their pies with red pepper flakes....99, with an entire pie averaging $15.84. Seriously, $3 for a slice of pizza pie? Now, that's amore. Throw your own... read more...

Americans Want a Piece of the Pie--But which Pie?
...It's as American as ... well, yes, apple pie. NPR recently asked Americans to pick their favorite... pies, and 14,000 people responded. No surprise, really, that apple topped the list -- but only barely... and pecan. "People like tradition, but more and more in the last five years, they want a change," one bakery... read more...