Fruitcake

The only thing worse than a fruitcake is an evergreen essay about fruitcakes. But a friend of my friends' showed up at a Thanksgiving open house with a fruitcake from Collin Street Bakery in Corsicana, TX. Her mother sends her......

Sometimes I look at a story one of my fellow journalists writes (not, of course, at the Sun) and think, 'This is just nutty.'Consumer blogger Liz Kay is one of my best sources for odd items, and she passed along......

For many, the holidays can be stressful. Gift buying, fractious family reunions and hectic travel schedules can cause heartburn long before the last bites of turkey or Aunt Rita's fruitcake are finished. Our family's extra source of stress each winter?......

I have a dirty little secret to confess: I like fruitcake. And what's happened to fruitcake in my lifetime annoys me. I guess store-bought fruitcakes are the reason it's now the butt of so many jokes, but you simply can't......

Why does our government pay so much more to employees than they could earn in the private sector? If this system was overhauled, it would go a long way toward balancing the budget. Someone just starting work at the VA hospital gets a month paid vacation...

Q: When I got married, for our first Christmas, I decided to bake a fruitcake for the first time. The thinking was that if it was made from scratch it would be much better than those horrors sold in the stores. The Betty Crocker yellow fruitcake recipe...

This is the time of year when you get that call from Aunt Vivian saying: "Hello dear, I just wanted to make sure I have your address right. I'll be sending my fruitcake!" And you politely say: "Oh, great, Aunt Viv! It's a holiday tradition!" Then the...

Even for a speaker as famously gifted as President Barack Obama, business executives are a tough crowd. In my experience, they don't laugh out loud at jokes as easily as, say, college students and others who might be more prone to laugh, clap, cheer or...

“Fruitcakes,” Pennsylvania Playhouse’s upcoming holiday production is a moving story of alienation, understanding and reconciliation, set in a small town full of quirky and lovable characters. Director Robert Callan Adams hopes the...

“Fruitcakes” at the Pennsylvania Playhouse is like a live version of “The Andy Griffith Show,” with a small town celebrating the Christmas season. It takes place in the present, but time does not seem to move in this rural setting,...

A mixture of ground nuts -- such as hazelnut and almonds-- sugar and liquid (egg whites and perhaps a liqueur), nut pastes are frequently added to baked cakes, tarts and pastries for added richness and flavor....

Although prepared almond and hazelnut pastes (and marzipan, a sweetened almond paste) can be found at many gourmet markets and specialty stores, they can easily be made at home....