As an American living in Britain in the 1990s, my first exposure to Christmas pudding was something of a shock. I had ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

A classic British Sunday Roast features various roast meats and several other standards, leaving you with a traditional meal ...

Alexandra Stafford’s new book, “Bread Toast Crumbs” (Clarkson Potter, $30) could inspire even the most reluctant baker to spend the day making bread. But my summertime kitchen is hot and the beach ...

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.