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Butter a 9-by-13-inch baking dish. Bring a tea kettle of water to a boil. 2. Slice the bread 1/2-inch thick.

Every year about this time, I share this recipe,not becaused readers actually asked, but because I think no holiday table should do without this corn pudding.

Here we have an interesting bread pudding and coffee cake combination flavored with plump raisins and cinnamon .

Serves 12 to 18. 1 pkg. instant pudding: chocolate, vanilla or favorite flavor 1 bag Candy Melts Make pudding according to package directions and set aside.

The world's leading finance ministers were treated to a distinctly Scottish dinner as they settled in for the G20 summit.

Confused: Michelle Gower with Sharona, whose 'playground banter was taken as a sinister remark' The parents of a six-year-old girl are outraged after their daughter was branded a racist for telling a black girl she had chocolate on her face.

Of all the Thanksgiving offerings, pumpkin pie is my least favorite. I know that sounds so un-American but I can't help it.

The filling favourite has been updated as a lighter, tastier pud whose name spotted dog is less subject to ridicule Spotted dick is one of our favourite nursery puddings, best enjoyed with lashings of custard or sweet white sauce.

Toss squash with 1 tablespoon oil on rimmed baking sheet. Sprinkle with coarse salt; bake until squash is tender, turning with spatula occasionally, 20 to 25 minutes.

This tart recipe from James Peterson's new Baking cookbook is easily adapted to just about any fruit.

All at once I am not so sure this was a good idea. Go to Yorkshire, I'd been told, to Betty's famous tea shop in Harrogate, and they'll teach you how to make a Christmas cake and pudding.

PERHAPS I'M channeling my inner 10-year-old here, but I'd enjoy Thanksgiving dinner more if we started with dessert.

Each season has its own flavors. And I've found that fall and winter are filled with the warming flavors of cardamom, allspice, ginger and nutmeg.

Most days folks flock to the Monro restaurant on Duke Street for its cozy atmosphere, regional specialties, and cask ales, custom brews delivered just shy of maturation and served only when the resident cellarman determines that they've reached peak flavor.

There was a time back in the heady Eighties when no menu seemed complete without slipping a slice of chocolate truffle cake between the lemon tart and the tiramisu.

In a medium saucepan, melt the butter over low heat. Stir in the cardamom, cinnamon, nutmeg and sugar and cook for 1 minute, stirring constantly.

Total time: 1 hour and 10 minutes, plus poaching and chilling times for the quince Servings: 10 Note: Adapted from Barbara Ghazarian's "Simply Quince." Light, rich and creamy, this pudding-like dessert is a French classic.

There's something about rice pudding that says cozy. As far as comfort items go, it's right up there with your softest blanket, oldest sweater and fuzziest slippers.

Rice pudding is one of the ultimate comfort foods. Unfortunately, many commercial versions -- and recipes -- have given the dessert a bad name.

If you are faint of heart when it comes to cooking with heavy whipping cream and lots of eggs , you might want to stay away from this recipe.