Best thing I ate: Is it okay to eat cookies for breakfast every day?

While we hunkered down to get through the pandemic, a lot of us spent time working our skills in the kitchen. Between endless banana bread trials and fun pasta recipes from TikTok, we learned that cooking and baking can be fun and rewarding with a...

Souplantation is a harmless (I don't mean that sarcastically) and serviceable way to detox from a weeklong meat binge. It's also perfect when you want to please the vegetarian in your midst. We took a visiting Indian colleague who was “veg,” and...

Cronut, schmonut. While other bakeries and donut shops continue to engage in a cronut arms race, XA Sweet N Savory Cafe stands above the fray. I'm of the opinion that their own pastry hybrid, an apple pie cookie, is deserving of the fame and the...

A good cookie is like a Rorschach test with sugar, fat and flour: The resulting flavors and textures provide a clear image of the baker who made it. Pastry chef GiGi Pascual says she’s always loved a good cookie, and that she’s been tweaking her...

The height of a pandemic might seem like a risky time to start a small business, but for Lara Adekoya, who launched the cookie bakery Fleurs et Sel in April, the reward has been sweet. “I always dreamed of having my own business, however, it was a...