This traditional recipe produces shortbread that is mildly sweet. Note that in this recipe, the butter is not softened or creamed. For a sweeter taste, sprinkle the shortbread with a little Vanilla ...

Sometimes less really is more; case in point: these tender, pared-down bars of Scottish shortbread made up of little more than butter, sugar, salt, flour, and cornstarch. Sure, one could jazz them up ...

Scottish chef, restaurateur and cookbook author Carina Contini shares some of her favorite classic recipes from Scotland. She shows us how to make hearty beef and stout stew, bright and bubbly rhubarb ...

Preheat oven to 165 Celsius. Whisk the 50g sugar and butter in a bowl until very light and pale. Sift the oat flour and bicarbonate of soda together then fold into the butter mixture with a spatula ...

Scotland is known for a few global food phenomenon, but Whisky is probably at the top of the list. The Scots have been making this beverage since the 15th century, and it is arguably their most famous ...

Growing up in Bolton in the early 2000s, the Townsend kids had the coolest mom on the block — er, slope. Debra Townsend was known for hosting up to 30 of their friends at a time in the family’s large, ...

Although I didn’t grow up with a tradition of making Christmas cookies, it’s hard to not get a twinkle in my eye when the season arrives and brings fun decorative tins of shareable cookies. A quick ...

“Oh Buddy, I think it’s fruitcake weather,” goes the opening line to one of the best short stories ever written (and certainly a sentimental Southern favorite), “A Christmas Memory” by Truman Capote.