1. Butter a 9"x2" cake pan or cast-iron skillet. (Do not use a springform cake pan for this cake, as the caramel will leak out of the sides). Line the pan with a circle of parchment paper. Arrange the ...

It’s not easy to head off by yourself in a new direction in baking, especially if you’re a home cook looking for a holiday showstopper amid all the recipes for chocolate chip scones and blueberry ...

This elegant dish pairs earthy celery root with delicate poached pear for a beautifully balanced sweet and savory flavor. A ...

SEATTLE — Too many pears is a happy problem to have. At a sad time recently, someone sent a box of bereavement pears, not something to belabor here except to say that the gift — with one pear, ...

Pears clafoutis is a simple dessert recipe made with fruit and custard-like creamy filling. It is delicious any time of the day and a breeze to make and perfect during the holidays. But this is not ...

What every fruit crisp needs is more crisp. Also pears. Apples are nice, but pears are pleasure. When you bite into a perfectly ripe one, you work your jaws just enough to fully enjoy the reward of ...

Fall is the season for heartier fruits. Apples are plentiful, and though not as easy to find locally because of a disease called fire blight, pears can be successfully grown in Georgia backyard ...

Most marketing executives would kill for the kind of free advertising pear growers receive. Every year millions of Christmas carolers name-drop that fruit over and over and over. First published in ...