Stollen is one of my favorite holiday breads. There is a lot to love: fruit, nuts, almond paste, powdered sugar topping – Yum!

A quick preferment of milk, yeast and flour gives the dough a nice depth of flavor, and …

People Who Live in Spice Houses

Linda Civitello for Grist & Toll

Sweden’s pepparkakor (pepper cake) is pfefferkuchen in Germany, speculaas to the Dutch, gingerbread to the British, and pain d’épices (spice bread) in France. Notice a theme? All …