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A creamy, light-colored risotto served in a white ceramic bowl, garnished with delicate, colorful edible flower petals and small green herbs. The bowl sits on a rustic, light-teal wooden surface illuminated by soft, natural sunlight from the upper left.

Summer Corn Risotto Gets the Fermentation Treatment

A plate of pulled mushroom and fermented jerk pineapple relish.

Funk Meets Fire: Pulled Mushroom Sliders with Fermented Jerk Pineapple Relish

Sugar-Preserved Apple Pie Aquafaba Pavlova on a white table.

Fermentation, But Make It Dessert: This Apple Pie Pavlova Has a Tangy Twist

Two plates of almond cakes.

Bake These Gluten-Free Almond Cakes for Brunch with Your Besties (or Just for Your Fabulous Self)

chocolate bar with cashew-macadamia praline

Dubious About Dubai Bars? Make This Manila Bar Instead

Fresh focaccia with tomato and herbs sits on dark wood cutting board beside mini muffuletta sandwich.

This Spring Focaccia Recipe Is a Muffuletta-Lover's Dream

Chef Jess Murphy with her Irish brown bread

This Irish Brown Bread Recipe by Chef Jess Murphy Is Chewy, Crunchy, Umami Perfection

Golden brown croissants on a metal rack on top of a sheet tray

What Is the Science Behind Croissants? It's Complicated (ish)

A pink slice of cheesecake on a brown crust topped with melted chocolate and sliced strawberries on a white plate

Meet Your New Valentine: A Chocolate-Strawberry Cheesecake Recipe

A white KitchenAid stand mixer whipping white buttercream

2024's Top Baking Gifts for Aspiring Pastry Pros: Expert Recommendations

A slice of baked Brie cheese wrapped in baked puff pastry sits on a black plate in front of a wheel of the baked Brie cheese. They are both surrounded by green herbs, orange halves, candied nuts and cranberries

Chef’s Tips for Baked Brie Cheese

Pumpkin pie

Ask the Experts: How Do I Bake the Perfect Pumpkin Pie?

A rainbow crêpe cake.

Celebrate Pride Month (and Every Month) with Chef Trung’s Rainbow Crêpe Cake

$A decorated wedding cake with sugar flowers$

All About Cake Math

A bottle of Tahitian vanilla extract, raw vanilla beans and a small bottle of vanilla extract on a blue background

Vanilla 101: Forms, Uses & How to Get the Most Bang for Your Buck

a round loaf of bread

How To Choose the Right Flour for Bread Baking: A Comprehensive Guide

A cake decorated with rice paper sails

Pastry & Baking Arts

How to Make Easy, Fancy Cake Decorations

A rhubarb galette with bright red filling sits on a white plate

2 Fresh Takes on Spring Galette Recipes — One Savory, One Sweet

Seven whole apricots sit on a white plate

Pastry & Baking Arts

Chef Jürgen’s Hack for Pitting Stone Fruit

Sable cookies three ways

[VIDEO] Cookie 101: The Creaming Method and a Recipe for Pecan Sablés

Chef Chavez demonstrates making a parchment paper piping bag

Pastry & Baking Arts

How to Make a Parchment Paper Cornet

Jacques Torres with his sugar showpiece

3 Tips for Working with Sugar from Chef Jacques Torres

A pulled sugar flower on a hand-painted cake

Pastry & Baking Arts

How to Use Isomalt for Pulled Sugar Flowers