Whenever I make custard-base ice cream and have leftover egg whites, I often make financiers - those little French tea cakes made with al...

My family and I had the best time sitting down to this dessert last Sunday afternoon. It started with a batch of homemade pistachio ice cre...

So far, this spring is passing by in a happy blur.  There's always something on the calendar and it's good to be busy and have thin...

When something works, you tend to do it (or eat it) on repeat.  That's the case with this simple buttermilk cake that I keep coming ba...

Making and tasting those wonderful  olive oil muffins  recently had made me eager to explore other recipes that involve baking with olive o...

Biscotti, those crunchy twice-baked Italian cookies, are one of my favorite things to keep around in a cookie jar to munch on.    I lov...

There's a restaurant,  Maialino ,  in New York City that I've heard great things about.  I haven't had the chance to eat there ...

A few months back, my husband mentioned to me that he had a really good almond croissant from a patisserie near his workplace.  That got my...