For me, the ideal recipe is easy to make, requires few ingredients, and can be made ahead, all while still being delicious enough for family and friends to ask for the recipe. This isn't necessarily ...

You need just seven ingredients to make this incredibly easy pie: flour, butter, baking powder, vanilla extract, white sugar, ...

There are dozens of ways to ruin a lemon meringue pie, and as I walked up to the French Pastry School’s Loop campus, I envisioned every single one of them. I’d been invited to spend a few hours with ...

Dear SOS: I had the best lemon meringue pie at Nick & Stef’s in downtown L.A. and wondered if you might be able to get the recipe. The lemon filling had something other than the standard pudding ...

Piled high in a big bowl on the kitchen counter, flamboyantly yellow lemons are usually eye-catching accidental still-life artworks this time of year. Their pure, primary colors and shapes warm the ...

Bring an inch or two of water to a low simmer (not a boil—you are going for gentle heat) in a medium saucepan or pot. Place a heat-proof bowl with your ingredients on top of the saucepan. You want it ...

These dishes are special because they’ve stood the test of time. Even if they’ve been pushed aside by trends lately, they’re ...

Combine rhubarb, sugar and tapioca. Set aside. Combine eggs, milk and vanilla. Beat together. Pour egg mixture over rhubarb mixture. Blend well. Pour into a 9-inch pie pan (glass pie pan preferred) ...

Turkey has the monopoly on “Thanksgiving showstopper”—special tools, photo opps, a carving moment, leftovers to spar over. But for a proud Dessert Person with approximately 0 percent interest in the ...