Expert baker Marietta Herr says to make these macaroons on a very dry day. The hazelnuts do not have to be skinned. Hazelnut macaroons 2 egg whites 1/2 cup sugar 1/2 teaspoon cream of tartar 1 cup ...

Note: Home-baked macaroons made with freshly ground nuts are far more enticing and delicious than packaged ones. To keep them moist, use this trick I learned at La Varenne cooking school in Paris: ...

Just as the days are getting shorter and cooler and our desire to fire up the oven is kicking into gear, here comes a terrific crop of new baking books. With entries from Sherry Yard, Rose Levy ...

Cakes and cookies during Passover, which begins Friday evening, April 15, are different. For baked goods to be kosher for Passover, flour made from wheat cannot be used except as matzo meal or matzo ...