First of all, biscuits and scones have a lot in common. With a couple (crucial) exceptions, both contain the same basic ingredients: flour, butter or lard, and a liquid to bind the dough together.

Scones with bowls of cream and jam are piled on a plate. - Nicolamargaret/Getty Images Besides complementing your nightly dinner, canned biscuits serve as a convenient way to simplify some of your ...

Bread easily bests all other foods as the ultimate comfort nosh. Not just any bread, however. Something hearty, grain-filled, and homemade if possible.

Scones are one of the basic pleasures in life. Like biscuits with a touch of added sweetness, the best scones are delicate and light yet somehow wonderfully rich, each bite suggesting bits of butter ...

There is something so refined, so refreshing and oh so English about tea. Teatime is for many a civil respite in the day, when frenzied schedules are reduced to gentle calm. Of course, there is no ...

Let's face it, we don’t need an excuse to indulge in afternoon tea, especially when it means not even having to leave the house. Step forward: The best afternoon tea deliveries. Finger sandwiches and ...

The American scone is a confection in crisis. Puffy and pale, supersized and supersweet, it has lost its purpose. Is it a muffin? Is it a pastry? Does it exist to be frosted with icing, or spread with ...