Pretty and delicious, an unbeatable combination, these are slice-and-bake cookies, which means you can keep logs in the freezer, at the ready when you need a last-minute treat. More
It's not easy to translate gourmandise from the French. Strictly speaking, I guess it would be a delicacy or a treat, but the word, when applied to food, can also mean greedy. It's a great word—I mean, how many of us haven't been greedy for the treats we love—and it's a great name for this dessert from Pierre Herme. More
I’m in Paris now where the sweet you see in every pastry shop and bakery this time of year is pain d’épices. Sometimes translated as spice bread or likened to gingerbread, I think pain d’épices comes closer to honey cake... More
Can cookies bring world peace? I'm willing to try the enticingly titled recipe from Dorie Greenspan's Baking: From My Home to Yours to find out. Unsurprisingly, the cookie is the brainchild of French pastry mastermind Pierre Hermé; if anyone could... More
