A corked bottle of vanilla extract with vanilla beans and a vanilla flower - Pixel-Shot/Shutterstock Pure vanilla extract is one of the few pantry staples that naturally has an indefinite shelf-life.

Vanilla, the ur-word for "basic," has an unfair reputation given how dynamic it can be. There are all kinds of vast and ...

Pure vanilla extract can be extremely expensive, which likely makes getting plastered off of the really good stuff out of your tax bracket — and disgusting-tasting, to boot. Enveloped into a cake ...