If you consider yourself a gourmand but haven't heard of ambrosia salad — well, that's actually quite okay. This dessert (it's a dessert more than a salad, although you could argue that it's something ...

Claire is Lifehacker's Senior Food Editor. She has a B.S. in chemistry, a decade of food journalism experience, and a deep love for mayonnaise and MSG. My now ex-husband met his first ambrosia salad ...

NEW YORK — “My name’s Joyce,” drawls a neighbor to Edward Scissorhands, “and I noticed that you have not tasted any of the ambrosia salad that I made especially for you.” Johnny Depp’s character in ...

Ambrosia is a staple of many a Southern Christmas or Easter buffet table -- often embellished with marshmallows, whipped topping, nuts, maraschino cherries and various other fruits. This version, ...

This is not the Ambrosia Salad you remember from your grandmother’s dinner table. Sure, it shares many similarities with the old-school sweet often served at Christmastime in the Southern United ...

What even defines a salad now, anyways? There are traditional, healthy salads made with leafy greens, but also pasta salads, chicken salads, and fruit salads. Who's to say we can't have dessert salad?

Dear Heloise: A couple of years ago, you printed a recipe in your column. It was so good, and I made it several times and then lost it. The recipe started with pistachio pudding. Can you please ...

Feelings run hot all along the ambrosia spectrum, starting with the name. It's ambrosia if it's a dessert. It's ambrosia salad when it takes a prideful spot on the table during the main course. There ...