English cuisine has always been laughed at by its European neighbors as bland, greasy and overcooked. This may or not be true, but one thing is for sure—not one of our European neighbors’ cuisines can ...

Moist, gooey and sticky - there is no better way to describe sticky toffee pudding, the traditional British dessert. In 2004, Tracy Wilkinson-Claros, owner of The Sticky Toffee Pudding Co., moved from ...

I decided to make the Olympics a cultural experience at home and created a taste of London by preparing an old English late-summer dessert called Summer Pudding. For the Brits, the word “pudding” ...

The combination of chocolate in a hot dessert is undeniably a comfort food favorite. This recipe is very dark and rich, and a small serving is more than sufficient. 1. Grease a 2-pint Pyrex bowl or ...

Inspired by my love for all things British and the English pudding tradition, this is probably my most classic dessert. It’s great after a meal of big, bold flavors, when you want to continue the ...

The origins of syllabub’s name are a mystery, said Tamasin Day-Lewis in Saveur, but the summery delights of this English dessert are anything but. Just one taste of this alcohol-flavored, whipped ...

The British know full well what to do when the weather reverts to its grim, wintery default: make puddings. From trifles and jam roly-poly to bread and butter pudding and spotted dick, this is the ...

In Britain the term pudding means dessert. So if you see a sticky toffee pudding or Christmas pudding on an American restaurant menu don't expect anything akin to a cup of Jell-O smoothness. But like ...

Journalist Kate Colquhoun traces the origins of traditional Christmas foods, such as English pudding, the boiled dessert made with suet or lard, in Taste : The Story of Britain Through Its Cooking.