Celebrations deserve beautifully decorated cakes. But instead of even layers with a smooth frosting finish, do your cakes end up lopsided with uneven layers? Follow these essential techniques that are ...

A classic crème pâtissière (vanilla pastry cream filling) is a creamy custard that is the perfect filling for cakes, eclairs, donuts, and tarts. It has a silky smooth texture and delicious vanilla ...

This pear pudding cake is the most beautiful way to celebrate fall. It is simply the perfect combination of crispy shortcrust ...

You’ve seen it, you know it, you’ve been stumped by it — the “is it cake” viral videos where almost anything can be a seemingly normal object and then with the slice of a knife viewers discover that ...

Saute? Sure. Grill? Of course. Blanch, boil, braise? Definitely. In fact, I have hundreds of cookbooks scattered around the house, from “Alice’s Brady Bunch Cookbook” to a tome devoted entirely to ...