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Vanilla beans can be made into vanilla sugar and vanilla powder, giving bakers a variety of ways to use the whole vanilla pod and add vanilla flavor into baked goods.

Vanilla beans impart great flavor to myriad foods from custards to cream sauces-even chocolate. But they're so expensive, why buy them? This guide gives you the low-down.

Here are three delicious, dessert recipes to try out which feature real vanilla beans and vanilla extract.

Most recipes for smoothies use the same basic ingredients: fruit, yogurt and juice. This smoothie recipe breaks the mold by using vegetables, and it tastes like dessert.

Nothing flavors your desserts better than homemade extracts and scented sugars.

Peaches, vanilla yogurt, orange juice and milk make these peach smoothies a recipe to remember.

Love it or hate it the flavouring - Vanilla is here to stay. It's used in the preparation of many items today, not only foods. Get the real flavour and not artificial.

A mix of hot red pepper and chocolate is the perfect thing to add some extra heat to your Valentine's day festivities. Mellow chocolate blends well with the zing of chili

You can use vanilla in more than just baking. Adding vanilla beans or extract to your drinks makes for a wonderfully rich beverage. Romantic for Valentine's Day.

Velvety dark chocolate bread pudding infused with vanilla bean & cinnamon sticks, baked in rich chocolate custard, served with whipped cream. Chocoholics Anonymous!

Learn how to make an elegant carrot cake filled and covered with cinnamon-cream cheese frosting in this step-by-step recipe.

Fresh cherries are suspended and baked in a light, sweet custard-like cake batter. Clafouti is a quick & easy cherry dessert that must be served warm with whipped cream.

Squeezed into a wedding trip to Miami, I visit The Epicure Market. The 60 year-old institution both delights and disappoints.

Strawberry and Vanilla Ice Cream Cake is layered frozen dessert with strawberry and vanilla ice cream, crumbled chocolate chip cookies and drizzled with chocolate sauce.

It may come as a surprise to learn that vanilla bean pods come from an orchid. In fact, Vanilla planifolia is the only orchid that produces an edible fruit.

Homebrewers often taste something that really strikes their fancy and wonder how it would taste in a beer. Go ahead and scratch that itch, it's called experimentation.

Part-skim ricotta cheese makes these chocolate chip cookies light and creamy. Dark chocolate chips make these cookies rich and wonderful.

Learn how to bake an impressive and sophisticated Cranberry Pear Charlotte for an autumn dinner party.

Impress guests at a dinner party with homemade coffee liquor. This recipe approximates Kahua and Tia Maria, and the liquor can be added to for many tasty dessert drinks.

No dessert evokes the feeling of warm, sunny days of summer than good old- fashioned ice cream

Warm up a chilly autum morning with a bed-and-breakfast inspired meal: Herbed Scrambled Eggs with Roasted Red Pepper Sauce and Warm Autumn Compote.

If you're looking for a show-stopping dessert that won't weigh you down after Thanksgiving dinner, try this simple and elegant soufflé.

A well-stocked pantry full of baking supplies will give you all the ingredients necessary for making all types of cookies and holiday sweets.

Warm, flaky filo embracing a cozy blend of apples, vanilla, cinammon, nuts and dried fruit. Served with a dollop of whipped cream, it's dinner party worthy any time.

Enjoy a restaurant-style Valentine's Day dinner at home with two recipes from the Cielo Restaurant at the Ventana Inn and Spa in Big Sur, California.

If you are already brewing your own beer at home, it takes just a one simple extra step to create a full-flavored spice beer for the Holidays. Here's the lowdown.

Savor the season's sweet cherry harvest with a rustic, French dessert--cherry clafouti.

Natural vanilla comes from seed pods of the native Mexican orchid while the unnatural kind comes from the petrochemical guaiacol or from lignin, a constituent of wood.

American's call it, "No-Bake Creme Brulee", while the French call it, "Creme Brulee A Froid". Either way, this recipe produces a creamy custard; no baking needed.

Many common herbs and spices can be used to create a subtly flavored sugar. Flavored sugars can be used in a variety of baked good and beverage recipes.

Ice cream is a favorite treat for children and grownups alike. Learn how to ice cream at home for an extra-special treat.

Nothing could be more appropriate for a Cinco de Mayo celebration than a crème caramel spiked with Mexican Chocolate, Pure Mexican Vanilla Extract and espresso.

After the orange, the grape and its fermented juice might be Florida's favorite fruit.

Sweet pineapple and dried Bing cherries combine to create a delicious pineapple upside-down cake baked in a cast-iron skillet.

These plants have a myriad of medicinal, culinary and decorative uses, several of which are detailed here.

Christmas gift baskets at the store can cost an arm and a leg, but absolutely unique and fun gift baskets can be made at home with minimal effort and cost.

Expect to see the old-world pairing of Chile Peppers with Cocoa, or perhaps the exotic combination of Asian Red Curry and Latin Masa on your favorite menus this year.

Try this luxurious chocolate mousse for a Catalan take on a classic French dessert.

Berry flecked cupcakes topped with whipped cream frosting and fresh berries are a guaranteed crowd pleaser for kids of all ages.

Frugal cooks from the early nineteenth century used a surprising variety of ingredients to make pickles, recording their favorite recipes in handwritten cookbooks.

Flavored vodkas were an instant hit when Stolichnaya introduced the first one to the U.S. in 1986, and vanilla is one of the favorite flavors.

This wine and food book is filled with many seasonal suggestions for combining recipes and wine with simple, but expert, advice.

The Big Sur Bakery Cookbook: A Year in the Life of a Restaurant is a collection of delicious savoury and sweet seasonal recipes made with local fresh ingredients.

If you like baked apples, you'll enjoy this version of baked apples with cider sabayon--a delicious autumn dessert.

Buttery, vanilla flecked biscuits make a great base for summer fruit shortcakes, from classic strawberry to peach.

They may contain foie gras, gold sprinkles and caviar but many of the world's most expensive foods are ironically dressed up fast food favourites.

Treat yourself to the finest Bavarian food specialites. Discover how to make a tasty cheese fondue, decadent apple strudel and a delicious mixed greens salad.

Enjoy a few delicious Bavarian appetizers such as cheese fondue and apple strudel made popular by The Bavarian Lodge and Restaurant in New Mexico.

White chocolate, dark chocolate, spicy, fruity; there's dozens of ingredients to add to hot cocoa. A bonus: this homemade comfort food can be made in ten minutes.

If your blaze of passion has turned into the smoldering ashes of a dying fire, you may be considering ways to spice up your love life.