One of the very best inexpensive gifts that will impress even the biggest foodies is homemade vanilla extract. It's a gift that's meaningful, useful, and oh so delicious — and the process to make it ...

Vanilla extract is so easy, so cost-effective and so satisfying, you might decide you’ll never again shell out your hard-earned money for the pre-made stuff in a tiny vial. Instead, make extract in ...

There are plenty of ways to make boxed muffin mix taste homemade, and one of our favorite tricks involves a pantry staple you ...

Vanilla suffers typecasting as ordinary. In software, it’s vanilla versus custom. In finance, it’s vanilla versus exotic. In the bedroom, it’s vanilla versus kinky. But vanilla hardly counts as plain.