In the mid-1990s when carrot cake first appeared on my radar, when it finally emerged from its sandal-wearing exile and into the sugary lights of the mainstream, it seemed as absurd an idea as its ...

Here’s a little secret: some of the most impressive-looking celebration cakes start with a box of store-bought cake mix. This Fourth of July layer cake — with its dramatic red, white, and blue ...

June 23, 2026 • Facts by day, fiction by night! At the end of a long day in the newsroom, many of our journalists head home and escape into novels of all types.