Review: How to gain 5 pounds in a week (hint: lots of pie)

The 6-inch cake that pastry chef Casey Shea delivered was a barrel-shaped whirl of salted vanilla buttercream, sequined with sliced berries and candied kumquats. On an early March menu, Shea had presented her customers, who ordered via Instagram,...

If seasons were desserts, you know fall would be a pie. Specifically, it would probably be a decadent apple pie, with peak-season fruit nestled warmly in a buttery, rich, flaky crust. Dominique Ansel understands this, and he created a salted...

If you aren’t baking your own pies and instead want to pick up dessert for Thanksgiving, you’re in luck ... but the clock is ticking. Make your pie orders for pickup before the big day. Los Angeles is a city of terrific bakeries and bakers, and...

I've got a soft spot for empanadas. We called them pastels in Indonesia when I was growing up, half-moon pockets of goodness complete with the crunchy braided edges you saved for last, a belly filled with something savory, and a shape like a...

The most important Thanksgiving dish, as everybody knows, is turkey. Because despite what the food magazines might say in any given year, neither game hen nor squab, goose nor quail is an acceptable substitute for the most majestic of holiday...