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BettyCrocker.com<p>You know the holiday season has begun when your house is filled with the sweet, spicy scent of gingerbread cookies. They are festive, quick and easy to make, and are a fun activity for the whole family.</p> <p>Nothing welcomes both the young and young at heart into the kitchen like these charming treats, but have you ever wondered where gingerbread men got their start?</p> <p>Food historians believe that gingerbread first originated in Greece around 2400 BC. China developed a gingerbread recipe during the 10th century and by the late Middle Ages, Europeans had developed their own version of gingerbread. However, it wasn't until the 16th century that the now classic shape of a gingerbread man entered the picture. Queen Elizabeth I, known for delighting her guests with creative confections, is credited with creating the first gingerbread men. She ordered her royal bakers to make them in the likeness of her prominent guests, setting the stage for these legendary cookies' association with the festive season.</p> <p>Ever since the Elizabethan era, gingerbread men have become a beloved Christmas tradition. They’re fun to decorate, delicious to eat, and a creative way to gather friends and family together. Whether you like yours with crispy edges and soft centers, or delightfully crunchy, our Gingerbread Men Cookies are sure to fit the bill.</p> <p>Need other ideas? Take a peek into our <a href="https://www.bettycrocker.com/recipes/dishes/cookie-recipes/christmas-cookies">Christmas Cookie Headquarters.</a></p>Food and WineAndrew Zimmern’s Kitchen AdventuresOn my first visit to Malaysia, I found myself in Penang sitting in a small Thai café near New Lane, and I ordered something called Bangkok Chicken. I almost ate the plate, and when I was done, I began interrogating the chef about the dish and came up blank. Language barriers were one issue. The fact that I was a foot taller and twice this guy’s weight didn’t help, either. So I returned the next day with my crew, ordered the dish again, and this time positioned myself at his elbow while he made this dish.Now, in most of Asia, when someone is stir-frying, they have a dozen or so sambals and sauces already cooked, seasoning purees of all kinds already pounded in a mortar and so on, so it took me ordering this dish several times that day to figure it out, but it was worth it. This recipe serves four to six people as an entrée and can also be made with any protein imaginable. I have done this dish with halved lobsters, pork chops, quail, shrimp, even lamb chops, to much applause from the assembled hordes.The funniest part about this recipe is the joy it brings to people who notice that Simply Heinz ketchup is part of the recipe. I love to use Heinz’s corn syrup-free ketchup as an ingredient in cooking; the stuff is awesome and very traditional in many parts of southern Asia, where tomato-vinegar-sugar sauces have been used for centuries. The heat-sweet factor here is phenomenal, and I think this recipe is the one my friends clamor for the loudest when we plan dinner parties. Serve it with plenty of Asian short-grain or Thai sticky rice, a tart salad (anything from arugula with lemon and oil to spicy green papaya works superbly) and some steamed green vegetables.—Andrew Zimmern Stellar Thai RecipesFood.comYou've had a long morning of snorkeling, and you're craving some jerk (no, NOT the hirsute one in the Speedo on the chaise lounge next to yours), but you don't want a heavy meal that might cause belly pooch over your bikini bottom. Well, The Kitchen Tourists have just the thing for you: fiery hot jerk salmon, resting on a bed of fresh crisp tossed salad with an island twist, all topped with a sweet and tangy tropical vinaigrette. There, now you're satisfied, and you can still rock that hot little outfit you picked out for the evening waterside festivities. Team contributions that made this recipe what it is are as follows: Captain evelyn/athens = warm allspice and nutmeg, Ed&Theresa = fresh salmon, fluffernutter = kicky ginger, MA HIKER = spicy hot peppers, Mandy from Oz = crisp cilantro, Laffer = cooling papaya, ms.susan = fire-taming coconut milk, TansGram = filling beans, Tisme = zingy lime, tunasushi = crunchy cashews, Muffin Goddess = sweet mango Life is good, mon! Enjoy! (P.S. special thanks to Team Captain evelyn/athens!) NOTE: as noted by a reviewer (and myself, actually, after the fact), the dressing recipe makes way more than you'll need for this salad. The dressing is good on just about any kind of salad (I know, because I went through A LOT of salad trying to use up my batch of dressing lol), but if you don't eat salads very often, you may want to half or quarter the dressing part when you make this. :)Food52There was a time in my life—we'll call it my early early twenties—when the only thing that could cure a bad day, or make a great day better, was a trip to the Zabar's mustard section. Like an artist gets lost in a painting, I'd get lost in the Dijons, the honeys, and the weirder flavors like fig and walnut. Over time, and with the help of a membership to the National Mustard Museum's Mustard of the Month Club, I accumulated more than 80 jars. I'd often spread four types onto one sandwich, and occasionally just eat it with a spoon. It was an obsession of the not-too-unhealthy type; Google "health benefits of mustard" and you'll get a day's worth of reading. Eventually, though, I started to pick favorites. Mustard Girl's Sweet and Spicy Honey, Amora's Dijon, Fox's Sweet and Spicy Balsamic Garlic, and SchoolHouse Kitchen's Sweet, Smooth, and Hot Mustard came out on top, and the rest faded into mustard oblivion of the loneliest sort. At least they had each other. Today my mustard collection exists in a pared-down manner: only my favorites, and those with sentimental value or cool jars. I live very far from Zabar's now, so adding to my collection often requires making it from scratch. Making mustard is quite easy, and fun because there are a million twists that you can put on it. By definition, mustard consists of mustard seed (I like yellow—brown and black seeds are stronger and more pungent) blended with a liquid (often vinegar). I like adding a pinch of salt, some kind of sweetener, and then cooking it down a bit to reduce the hotness. What follows is a very basic honey mustard recipe, but I encourage you to experiment with different vinegars or other liquids; adding spices (I like curry!); and subbing out the honey for other sweeteners like molasses, sugar, or maple syrup. The kitchen is your mustardy oyster! Just make sure you've got enough hot dogs on hand.Food52I loved the idea of this contest, but I found it difficult to come up with just one recipe. I come from a family of really wonderful cooks. For us, sitting down to a meal is not just about eating to nourish our bodies, but food provides comfort, sustenance, and, most of all, love. The recipe that I finally decided to submit is one that I grew up eating, and throughout my childhood, was my favorite dish. I first tasted it in my great-grandmother's kitchen. She immigrated to America from Italy, and she was an extraordinary cook. I remember that she had a brick oven in her backyard, where she would make homemade pizza and bread. She would make ravioli on her kitchen table and roll the dough out with a broomstick handle. But the dish that she is really remembered for, by everyone in my family, is her Sunday sauce. This is the ragu that she made every Sunday morning before going to church. She would serve it in the afternoon as part of an elaborate Sunday dinner to her husband, children, and grandchildren. When my great-grandmother's son married a young Irish woman (my grandmother) she had to learn how to make this sauce. When my grandparents' son (my father) married my mother (who is of Mexican descent) my great-grandmother taught my mother how to make this sauce. Now I make it as well. But like all of the women in my family, I have slightly altered the ingredients and cooking techniques to make the sauce my own. But despite the changes I have made, I still consider this the sauce that I grew up eating. I now make this sauce for my own six-year-old daughter, and it is my hope that when she grows up, she will make it for her children and remember its roots. This is not week-day evening cooking, when dinner can be on the table in 30 minutes. If I want to make a pasta sauce on weekday evenings, I usually turn to a fresh pomodoro sauce or an aglio e olio sauce. No, this is a weekend sauce, ideally made on a Sunday, when the cook cannot be rushed. It takes time to roast the meats, simmer the sauce, and taste the ingredients as they come together. But it is the most rewarding dish thatI know how to make, and despite its simplicity, it always receives accolades. Some cooking notes: What gives this sauce its incomparable flavor is the pork, so don't be tempted to substitute another ingredient. Go to a butcher shop and get homemade Italian sausages. I guarantee that you will taste the difference in the sauce. As for the bones, the best cut is neck bones, which is what my mother uses. However, I find these hard to source, so really any small pork bones will do. I have used spare ribs, pork side bones, and a farmer at my local greenmarket sells me pork soup bones. All have worked well. Do not discard the bones after you have made the sauce. They are wonderful to gnaw on. (In fact, the bones were my grandfather's, my mother's and my favorite parts of this dish to eat. We used to fight over who got to eat them!) As for the tomatoes, use really good quality tomatoes. You can definitely taste the difference. I like Muir Glen organic Roma tomatoes. Try to find a brand without a lot of added salt. And any sort of dried pasta will work with this dish, but I like a shape with some ridges and corners that the sauce can cling to. Penne Rigate or rigatoni are both good choices. My favorite pasta brands are Italian imports -- Latini and Rustichella D'Abruzzo. Once you have tasted pasta made from bronze casts, you will never go back to supermarket pastas. - cookinginvictoriaFood and WineAndrew Zimmern’s Kitchen AdventuresFor years, I ate these ribs all over China, Thailand and the Indo-Malay-Singaporean triangle. This is the tastiest, saltiest, sweetest, spiciest, most amazing rib recipe for stovetop cookery that I know of. Barbecue is cooking with smoke, grilling is cooking over a fire source, and for most of us in the US, these options don’t work in the cold-weather months. But with this indoor braised-rib recipe, I can make enough ribs in one large pot to feed four, and serve the ribs with Japanese short-grain rice; a nice, tart, vinegary cucumber salad; and sautéed sugar snap peas or Chinese broccoli. This is one of the most popular dinner events in our home.—Andrew Zimmern Winter Comfort Food RecipesSpicy Eats and Sweets. 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