After weeks of holiday desserts, a simple dish of oranges suddenly seems like heaven - or at least the food of heaven. Ambrosia is an old-fashioned Southern fruit dessert or salad.

It's a gift from the heart: a made-from-scratch, meltingly delicious home-baked treat, that is. Now you can give the gift of baking to someone you love-complete with kitchen-filling aromas and fresh-from-the-oven goodness-thanks to a truly unique gift idea that doesn't call for a high degree of culinary skill. Includes recipes for Chocolate Chunk and Old-Fashioned Oatmeal Chocolate Chip.

Most Americans will enjoy foods that, although considered a mainstay of the holiday, were unknown to the Pilgrims. Try these two authentic dishes that will add to the array of plant-based foods at your Thanksgiving meal.

It may seem heresy to suggest an alternative ending to the traditional Thanksgiving meal. But for those looking for a bit more culinary adventure, health-conscious cooks have developed a welcome variety of delicious alternatives to the revered pumpkin pie.

To prepare a festive Thanksgiving meal that bolsters health and weight goals instead of undermining them, try more plant-based food than animal-based food at both the cooking and serving stages.

Nothing beats the marvelous aroma of fresh-baked bread on a crisp fall day. And bread is one of our favorite ways of getting the complex carbohydrates that are so essential to a healthy diet. Includes recipe for Raisin Brown Bread.