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No More Plastic Wrap: What About Baking?

Wrap dough tightly in plastic wrap. These are familiar instructions to home bakers, and I even include them in my own recipes here on The Kitchn. Though I don't use plastic wrap for many purposes othe...

Super-Quick Summer Dessert: Peach and Biscuit Crostata

Fast, rustic, and delicious: biscuit crostatas are one of our favorite summer desserts. After all, we're surrounded by fabulous ripe fruit that needs very little help. If you want to dress up a peach ...

Not as Hard as They Look: Homemade Profiteroles

We had profiteroles on our 21st birthday at a very fancy restaurant in Paris, and for years after, we ordered them whenever we saw them on a menu in the US. Soft ice cream enveloped by buttery pastry?...

Perfecting Cannelé
Guest Post from Anne Zimmerman of Poetic Appetite

I wish I could say that I first tasted cannelés in France, escaping from a Bordeaux bakery with a glossy brown cake that could easily fit in the palm of my hand and eating it while it was still warm....

Cookbook Recommendation: Pie: 300 Tried-and-True Recipes for Delicious Homemade Pie

A few years ago, my mother gave me this cookbook that's proven to be indispensable. Called Pie: 300 Tried-and-True Recipes for Delicious Homemade Pie, this collection of 300 recipes and step-by-step ...

Recipe: Basic Pie Crust

Pastry and pie crusts all have roots in one basic recipe, but there are a myriad of tiny variations that bakers argue about endlessly. Butter, shortening, vodka - so many ways to tweak a pie crust! We...