We don't have a waffle iron. It's one of those small appliances that's only good for one thing, and we don't eat that one thing often enough to warrant owning one. But if we could use it to make coo...
What are you doing with all those apples you picked out on the farm? How about a batch of sweet, warm, gooey and crumbly apple streusel bars? They worked out well for us!...
Look at these dark, fudgy brownies, all studded with walnut nubs. But look closer: these have a very, very unusual ingredient. Do you know what it is? Hint: these brownies are gluten-free....
We're wild about plum desserts. The plum has enough tang to stay interesting in a sweet dessert, and it also tends to bake into a jammy, gooey texture we adore. So we just had to try this totally clas...
This is our kind of art project - the kind you can eat! Martha Stewart uses straight food coloring to get those vibrant colors and an interesting technique for applying them. Even with our limited art...
Looking for a good Halloween sweet to bake up before Beggar's Night? Here's the famous Thomas Keller Oreos (TKO) — crunchy chocolate cookies, with a white chocolate ganache sandwiched in between...
Q: I'm an exchange student living in Shanghai for the semester. My kitchen is pretty limited. I have two burners and a fridge/freezer, a frying pan and a cheap pot. And since I only have two months le...
Many of us probably associate "mace" with the defensive pepper spray, but the real mace is actually a pungent spice related to nutmeg! In ground form, it can turn dishes a lovely mustard yellow and ad...
Candy corn is one of those Halloween treats that you either love or hate. We happen to enjoy those stratified orange triangles, and have been excited to try out hand at making them at home. But we ...
Halloween is this Saturday! Have you been surrounding yourself with candy corn and other trick or treat candy? Do you have a favorite Halloween candy, and do you incorporate it into your snacking (and...
An apple pie without the cheese is like a kiss without the squeeze. Growing up in Texas, I'd never heard this saying until I went off to college in New England, where I was quite surprised the first t...
One of our favorite fall treats is tender little thumbprint cookies filled with jam — a small indulgence, quickly baked, and great with an afternoon cup of tea. We usually fill ours with raspber...
We love the glossy wafer-thin top crust that sometimes appears on brownies almost as much as we love the fudgy layer underneath. We always thought this was phenomenon was random or particular to speci...
We just acquired a new ice cream maker and there's no way we're waiting until next summer to put it to use! Besides, there are plenty of delicious seasonal ingredients that are just begging to be chur...
Between the baking bug that got us as soon as the weather turned cool and the holiday baking we see looming on the horizon, we're thinking it might be about time to invest in a good set of cookie scoo...
Imagine a cross between a marshmallow and a meringue, fragrant with honey and studded with tender nuts, and you've got nougat! We love to nibble it on its own and crumble it into desserts, but we've n...
Got a serious chocolate craving? These brownies will do the trick and leave you wishing you had room for more. They're intensely chocolately and so fudgy you almost need a spoon. You'll definitely nee...
Do you like chewy cookies? Do you love the chewy edge of a brownie? Then these cookies are your ultimate treat. ...
A dry, crumbly cake when you've been anticipating a moist, delicious one is a very sad thing. Learning how to tell the exact moment when a cake should come out of the oven can take some practice. Luck...
We're rather fascinated by this recipe for tarte tatin. See, it doesn't call for the traditional apples, or even pears or quince: it's topped with eggplant. What do you think? Does eggplant have desse...
Australian Gourmet Traveller highlights the flavors of Spain, Catalonia, and Basque Country this month, and we are swooning over their beautiful dessert recipes and photos. Featuring warm and enticing...
There are just some things that were made to be together. Peanut butter and jelly, tomatoes and basil and best of all, caramels and bacon. There was a caramel bacon fad a year ago, but we wanted to...
We have to say that Halloween isn't our favorite holiday. We find lot of the ghoulish tricks and treats more gross-out than good fun. But there are always creative ways to celebrate the darkness of ...
We don't know exactly what's going to happen to Gourmet's gorgeous, gorgeous website now that the magazine is closing. But we're getting our fix while we can, and this easy applesauce cake looks like ...
Rustic yet elegant, these pear dumplings are among the prettiest autumn recipes we've seen. We might have to plan a dinner party just so we can serve these for dessert!...
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