Here are our recs, for that delicious down-time on New Year's Day.

Get adventurous. The Chocolate Adventure Contest ends on January 4. So go ahead—create something. You may win $5,000.

Get inspired. No one can describe how to make Bacon and Egg Ice Cream quite like Heston Blumenthal ...

Chih Chung Fang, San Francisco Bay Area

My realization: cauliflower doesn't get any respect.

As far as families go, cauliflower is the forgotten stepsister—while all the other kids are doted on. Case in point: cauliflower is in the same cabbage family as some of our current culina...