The holiday season is much more fun when there are parties to attend, but actually hosting a holiday gathering is another story (especially if you’ve forgotten how to entertain after a year of sitting ...

As the festive aroma of cookies begins to fill kitchens as families tuck into their Thanksgiving turkeys, a peculiar phenomenon is taking the baking community by storm. Gone are the days of the ...

For special occasions and birthday celebrations, there’s no better dessert than a perfectly decorated layered cake. But with ...

When it comes to designing a home interior that reflects you and your lifestyle, nothing beats customizing everything from the bathroom tile to the drawer pulls. But when so much of the housing built ...

Until I became a pastry chef, I associated stencils with quaint country inns and old-fashioned arts and crafts projects. But they can be used for so much more than retro wall decor. If you’ve got a ...

Kat Thompson is the audience editor of Eater’s Southern California/Southwest region. Despite the fact that I’m a cooking editor, I don’t have much experience with cake decorating. I bake a lot, sure, ...