In the days when tobacco and textiles ruled the South, mincemeat pie was the crown jewel of holiday celebrations. The boozy, heavily spiced, fruit-and-meat fillings were a balanced sorcery of sugar ...

Or more specifically, Christmas food.  The supermarket shelves are already filled with family-sized tubs of chocolate, tempting panettone and festive-flavoured crisps. Gingerbread Doritos, anyone? But ...

Festive jingles are roaring across the supermarket aisles, cinnamon is floating through seasonal treats and shoppers are already trying to get their hands on a turkey for Christmas. The Yuletide is ...

Mincemeat pie is a princely extravaganza that “seems transported from another time and place,” said Beth Kracklauer in Saveur. It initially dates from 12th-century Britain, when sweet-savory ...

This is English mincemeat with a difference: The filling features fresh grapes and chopped apples as well as the customary raisins, candied citrus peel, warm spices and a liberal splash of whiskey. It ...

IN 1895, at a time when diet reformers had made “pie” a dirty word, “The Century Cookbook” felt obliged to note that mince pie (“the most indigestible of all”) was still “the one universally accepted ...

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 ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. Mincemeat pie pictured on Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2020. Photo by Colter Peterson, [email protected] Yield: 8 to 10 servings ...

In an era of tofu ice cream and veggie burgers, mincemeat pie has an image problem. If only it were called apple-raisin pie, which is what it tastes like. How did apple and pumpkin become the default ...

Mince pies are a Christmas culinary classic. Come December, there’s never a wrong time of the day to eat one, though at HuffPost, we like to open ours in time for the mid-afternoon tea round. Every ...

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 ...

Combine flaxseed and hot water in a small dish, set aside to cool completely. Place flours into a mixing bowl. Cut in shortening until mixture resembles coarse meal. Add cooled flaxseed mixture and ...