It’s been a bit of a tough year for California cherries.  We’ve had a warm winter and that shortened the season tremendously.  This means...

In pastry school, you spend a lot of time learning how to master the basics for lots and lots of classic pastries and desserts.   There ...

America's love affair with chocolate chip, oatmeal and peanut butter cookies is undeniable.  But leave it to the Girl Scouts to devel...

When you're busy in the kitchen and there's a lot of other stuff going on, sometimes the wisest move can be to fall back on an ...

It's been a while since I've baked with coconut.  It's one of those ingredients that people seem to either love or hate.  B...

Somewhere among all the newly purchased apricots, peaches and cherries on my table were lurking a couple of ripening bananas, suffering f...