Blonde chocolate may look like a whole new variety of chocolate, but it starts out as all-too-familiar white chocolate. Chopped white chocolate is heated and stirred until it caramelizes, turning…

The blooming of strawberry flowers can mean only one thing: warm weather and an abundance of bright red and juicy strawberries is near. While popping a whole strawberry directly into…

Hot chocolate is a treat, especially in the winter after skiing, skating, or playing in the snow. This crockpot hot chocolate recipe checks all the boxes: it's easy, delicious, rich,…

Angel food cake is a light and fluffy dessert cake made with a base of whipped egg whites. Typically served with whipped cream and a mix of fresh berries, angel…

These deliciously sweet and indulgent bars come by many names; magic bars, hello Dolly bars, cookie bars, seven-layer bars, the list goes on and on. Whatever you choose to call…

When famed Brooklyn pie shop Four and Twenty Blackbirds opened its doors and our eyes to their salted honey pie in 2010, all of NYC lost their minds. This legendary…

An apple turnover a day keeps the blues away? It's hard to argue with that. The OG of turnovers came from, no surprise here, France. According to lore, in 1630…

Ube cake is a traditional Filipino dessert using ube, or purple yam. This beautiful naturally violet-hued sweet potato is used frequently in Filipino cuisine and comes in many other forms…

Persian ice cream, with its uniquely luminous yellow color and playful flavors of saffron and rosewater, is an outstanding departure from the more commonplace vanilla, strawberry, and chocolate ice creams.…

There is no shortage of western-style desserts in Iran, ranging from classic French pastries to cookies, cakes, pies, and ice creams. At the same time, there is an assortment of…