Fall fruits are especially good for baking, and one of my favorites are pears. They are sweet and crisp and my pear custard pie is the perfect dessert for these cool fall days. It has no crust, but ...

Thanksgiving is the only day of the year when pie is an out-and-out requirement. Yet a pie can be, even for the experienced baker, an intimidating thing -- especially on a day when a million other ...

Katie started with a recipe from Davis Orchards in Milton-Freewater, then tweaked it with light cream and allspice. She used Bartlett pears. "Any baking pear would be good," she says. 1 9-inch pie ...

My chicken fried steak recipe (published Jan. 10) prompted one reader to send in one of her own “family secret” recipes. Jeanne Huff is the community engagement editor for the Idaho Press. You can ...

After an evening spent walking the streets of St. Augustine, guests at the historic St. Francis Inn (circa 1791) return to the parlor for a beverage and a little something sweet fresh from cook Janice ...

I recently posted a picture on social media about my neighbor’s pears and many of you asked for the recipe of a pear custard pie. I live on the east side of Madison in a tiny, older neighborhood. It’s ...

I’ve been making this tart for many years in countless iterations. It all started way back when with Julia Child’s version of a red wine-poached pear tart filled with frangipane. A gorgeous ...

Does comfort food ever go out of style? In my kitchen, the answer is definitely no. But as I love the classic homey recipes, I never let them languish. To match them to the changes in my own tastes, I ...