Lemon-myrtle, lavender-Earl Grey, hazelnut-orange -- the selection of tea cakes from Valerie Confections screams spring. Assistant Food editor Betty Hallock is a fan: “They’re moist, dense and not too ...

I love your recipe for friendship tea and would like to try the no-sugar version. I cannot seem to find any sugar-free, powdered, orange-flavored breakfast drink. Can you help? Generally, the ...

I am going to spare you the usual fruitcake jokes (bricks, door stoppers . . . you’ve heard them all) and cut to higher ground. Fruitcakes are deserving of some respect in the culinary collective, if ...

My dad defers to my mom in all things baking, with one exception: He always wants raisins. Whether the recipe calls for them or not. More raisins! Naturally, this inclination seems to be hereditary, ...

Check out these five gut-friendly, immunity-boosting homemade chai tea recipes—from hot to iced and even spiked. All are easy and dairy-free. Another perk of chai tea is that the recipe is adaptable, ...

Recipes that appear in Idea Alley have not been tested by the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. The recipe was published in the Crumpet Tea Room Cookbook: A Unique Collection of Mealtime Treasures. "These ...