From baked confections to silken cream pies, coconut desserts run the gamut of sweet treats. While toasted coconut flakes easily add texture to buttery rolled cookies, German-layer cake fillings, and ...

I adore coconut and am forever looking for ways to use it in recipes both sweet and savory. This recipe was a bit of a revelation — it came together in about 10 minutes, has a velvety texture, a ...

Is it too soon to begin The Pumpkining? I think not. I was going to save my pumpkin recipe for later in October, or maybe even November, but then I thought, “Why? Why wait for the good stuff?” Let’s ...

For decades I’ve admired Chef Jacques Pepin. As a cookbook author, teacher, and PBS TV star, he changed the way I cook and think. Recently I took great delight when Food and Wine magazine arrived. His ...

Lisa Gardner, pastry chef at Maple Drive in Beverly Hills, has incorporated lemon grass into a rice pudding. “It’s really nice and fresh tasting,” she says, explaining that chef Eric Klein “wanted to ...