Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It’s called the spooky season because it’s the time of year when we celebrate ghosts, ghouls, goblins, and all things macabre. But ...

I wanted to try almost everything in Amanda Hesser’s The Essential New York Times Cookbook: Classic Recipes for a New Century (Norton, Oct.), but eventually settled on the New England Spider Cake.

Instructions: Distribute prepared cake mix between two 8-inch pans coated with cooking spray. Bake for 30 to 35 minutes at 350 degrees, then cool 10 minutes in pans before turning out onto a wire rack ...

Learn how to make a life-sized wolf spider cake that looks so realistic you won’t be sure whether or not it will eat you first. It’s called the spooky season because it’s the time of year when we ...