Dessert ideas for your spring fruit, plus readers’ favorite sweet and savory uses for lemons. By Tejal Rao We usually focus on savory recipes here, but I’m a former pastry cook, and I love dessert. On ...

This cake, inspired by the great baker Maida Heatter’s recipe, gets hits of lemon three times: zest and juice in the cake, a clear soaking syrup that seeps into the cake and, finally, a creamy, thick ...

Rose, jasmine, honeysuckle, lavender -- are pure romance. And lemon verbena, that wonderfully aromatic herb with slender green leaves, may be the most romantic of them all. Its captivating perfume is ...

We are moving into holiday season. That means that you may be going to parties, and you may need a small gift. There also may be extra invitations to the homes of friends for dinner or brunch.

Making simple syrup is ridiculously easy — boil sugar and water — but most cocktail formulas call for only a spoonful. Do I really want to wash a pot just to have a splash of plain liquefied sugar? I ...