The non-Asian mother-in-law of a dear friend of mine once told me that “the Chinese don’t have desserts, not real ones.” The implication that I (a Chinese American) was other, different, and weird, ...

Make the most of fresh British berries with these simple but sensational puds Serves 8-10 It's easy to make your own lavender sugar. Fill a clean, dry jar with caster sugar and add 2-3tsp of fresh or ...

Six more sensational creations in our final mouthwatering extract from the new Great British Bake Off book Makes one large tart For the rich sweet pastry 320g (11½oz) plain flour 45g (1½oz) icing ...

Finally, the quintessential British baking challenge for the contestants: pies and tarts. “Four-and-twenty blackbirds baked in a pie” doesn't mean that it was a poultry pie; it means that the the pie ...

Discover What’s Streaming On: The Great British Baking Show embraced all things retro on this week’s new episode, “’80s Week.” The tent was abuzz with jokes about Sting and E.T. and the bakers had to ...

A taste of bánh in Vietnam, conchas in Mexico, egg tarts in Hong Kong, wienerbrød in Denmark, trompe l’oeil entremets in France, kaab el ghazal in Morocco, convent sweets in Spain, baklava in Turkey ...

The bliss of first bites, illicit cherries jubilee, Miyazaki’s gluttons ... and the crookie? Oh, what hath the Cronut wrought? I’m Laurie Ochoa, general manager of L.A. Times Food, with this week’s ...