"Cranberry" news and stories

If you're growing weary of rolling and cutting out batch after batch of holiday cookie, the blogger at A Dash of Sass has the perfect solution with these festive Cranberry Pistachio Blondies. The mix of cranberries and pistachios not only give the blondies colorful punches of red and green, they pack these blondies with tart and nutty flavors plus a great mingling of sweet and salty.

The blogger promises that these bars are "crazy simple" to make. A look at the recipe backs up the promise down to the foolproof frosting. Zigzagging icing across the top is infinitely easier than piping and flooding Santa hats and snowflakes onto sugar cookies.

Set out a plate for Santa -- I'm sure you'll be the only ones on your block tempting him with this creative take on classic holiday cookies.

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Celebrate the seasonal berry today on Eat a Cranberry Day!

The tangy sweet berry has come a long way from being used by Native Americans as a dye or by sailors as a vitamin C fix to fight scurvy. As American as apple pie, the cranberry is one of only three fruits native to North America (with counterparts blueberries and Conchord grapes) and, naturally has been intrinsically linked to Thanksgiving, which today is just three days away.

From relishes to desserts (or anything in between, like our Cranberry Pork Roast recipe), what are your favorite cranberry uses? Share your unique uses in the comments!

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Understanding the cranberry.

Does Obama's win mean an upsurge in the popularity of Hawaiian food?

Make-ahead Thanksgiving dessert recipes: apple-pecan tart, chocolate-pumpkin layer cake, persimmon semifreddo.

The Minimalist (acknowledging he's tiptoeing on the edge of sacrelidge) suggests braised turkey parts for Thanksgiving instead of a whole turkey.

The Curious Cook asks if brining is really so great.

A half-dozen Thanksgiving bread recipes, from sweet anadama bread to savory salami and scallion biscuits.

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If you live in New York and have walked by Rockefeller Center today, you were probably taken aback. Oh no wait, if you're a New Yorker, you're never taken aback.

You think you've seen everything? Well, Ocean Spray, for the third year, has constructed a sizable pit at Rockefeller Center and filled it with a cranberry bog. They call it "The Big Apple Bog." The bog will be moving next to L.A.'s Kodak theater, and then to Boston. The purpose? Education, and the celebration of the cranberry harvest!

The people wading around in there are real cranberry farmers, and are there to answer questions. There's also cranberry farm equipment placed around the square. Have a look in the gallery!

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Not everyone looks forward to the cooler weather of fall, and I'm one of them. I really prefer warmer temperatures, but I do look forward to fall food. All of the different squash dishes, puddings, and citrus flavors are so welcome that I can almost forgive the chill in the air. I've been searching for different fall influenced bread recipes and I think I've found some good ones. Check them out and you be the judge.

1. This fig and anise bread sounds so amazing, I'm planning on making this one soon!
2. What could be more fall than a pumpkin bread pudding?
3. It seems more difficult to find a pumpkin yeast bread, but I found one amid all the quick breads.
4. Chestnut rye is a little more unusual of a flavor, but that's what makes it special.
5. Sweet potato rolls deserve a place on everyone's fall table.
6. This cornbread from the Homesick Texan may not be strictly fall, but the cornbread dressing you can make with it sure is.
7. Orange yeast bread is also more rare than its quick bread cousin.
8. Sure cranberry is usually paired with orange, but why not let it shine on its own?