Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. slice of vanilla cake with vanilla frosting - Nata_vkusidey/Getty Images We're all familiar with vanilla extract. It's called for ...

Don't be fooled. These aren't all vanilla. December means baking—sugar cookies and shortbread cut into trees and stars, decorated with icing; fruitcake and Bûche de Noël for the French side of the ...

Vanilla beans are the fruit of the vanilla orchid, a tropical climbing plant known for its delicate and fragrant blossoms. Out of hundreds of orchid varieties, only two species—Vanilla planifolia and ...