Like slippers, Chaussons aux Pommes are harbingers of home and of comfort. Though it is an old-sounding word, it expresses timeless human emotion far more effectively and evocatively than the more modern "turnover" ever could. Mine start simply with Golden Delicious apples, done French--as in, without cinnamon. They are folded into a simple pocket of bought puff pastry. The American apple-cinnamon duo is completed with a slightly sweet, certainly spicy cinnamon crème fraîche in which to dip the warm chausson before munching it down burning from the oven. More

Editor's Note: Each week in October, we'll have an apple-focused recipe for you. Because as the doctor always said, an apple a week is, well, delicious. We start with a French-inspired pastry that's still as American as apple pie. Photograph... More

Purim starts tonight, and one of the traditional foods associated with the holiday is Hamantaschen. The triangular treats are said to either resemble the villain Haman's tri-corner hat or his triangular pockets (hamantaschen literally means "Haman's pockets"). Though originally associated... More

My friend Nancy Silverton is one of the greatest pastry chefs and bread bakers this country has ever produced. So when she gives a recipe for doughnuts, I'm sure to dog-ear the page it's on. She kindly allowed Serious Eats... More