Like the WWII intelligence operation it depicts, the new Broadway production of “Operation Mincemeat” is an unlikely success.

Festive jingles are roaring across the supermarket aisles, cinnamon is floating through seasonal treats and shoppers are already trying to get their hands on a turkey for Christmas. The Yuletide ...

For anyone unused to the food culture of the British Isles, a mince pie is positively strange: a sweet pie, with a filling called mincemeat and containing, we would expect, minced meat — yet it does ...

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Benjamina's mince pie pastry is just short and crumbly enough for the perfect pie but still very easy to work. Use the extra pastry scraps to decorate to your heart's content. To make the pastry ...

Mince pies, once baked, will keep for a few days in an air-tight tin but the bottoms may become soggy. You can make the pastry ahead and freeze it for up to a month so it's ready to roll when you are.