If you were dining at the home of an aspiring Los Angeles hostess in 1930, you might have been served smoked salmon appetizers (strips of salmon rolled “around a midget sweet pickle in the form of a ...

Shortbread is ridiculously easy to make and despite being made from a limited number of inexpensive ingredients, the dough can be transformed into a seemingly endless number of variations. Powdered ...

Use pecan pieces. No need to buy pecan halves — pecan pieces or chopped pecans work well because they’re distributed evenly ...

So, What’s the Best Lemon Bar Recipe? Melissa Clark’s lemon bars were the absolute best. Her shortbread crust was both snappy and tender while the addition of olive oil and sea salt lent the sliceable ...

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Like many people these days, I am disillusioned by the divisiveness, hatred and what-have-you-done-for-me-lately attitude that’s rampant these days. A week ago, some of my faith and optimism were ...

Instructions for crust: Heat oven to 350 degrees. Line the bottom and sides of a 9-by-9-by-2-inch baking pan with nonstick foil, extending the foil beyond the edges of the pan. In a medium bowl, with ...

Earlier this winter, I tried a recipe from Saveur magazine for a chocolate caramel tart, and it was such a hit that it's now become part of my repertoire. The recipe began by making a chocolate cookie ...

Q: Could you please send my wife the recipe for Millionaire’s Bread? Thanking you ever so much. — Bob Batten, Boca Raton A: I think Bob is referring to Millionaire’s Shortbread. This decadent treat ...

Is your refrigerator packed with half-consumed jars of jam, jelly and preserves? At my house, it’s pretty much an occupational hazard. Even just writing about three products at a time for the Stock Up ...