Pan de Muertos (Day of the Dead Bread)

A yeasty sweet bread from Mexico.

Apple Tarts with Apple Ice

A marriage of sweet, tart, warm, and cold.

Mardi Gras King Cake

Flavored with bourbon, orange, and spices, this king cake kicks off the Carnival season right.

Ravioli Filled with Egg Yolk

It’s a giant raviolo–two large squares of fresh pasta enclosing a whole egg yolk, some Parmesan cheese, and shaved truffle. It’s cooked delicately so that when you cut into the cooked pasta, all the rich yolk oozes out and makes a sauce. But what’s the

Harold McGee Speaks

Harold McGee is the king of kitchen science, the man who solves food mysteries ranging from how much oil you can emulsify into a mayonnaise with one egg yolk to why frying spatter ends up on the inside surface of the cook’s eyeglasses.

Art of the Shock-tail

Bacon-infused vodka martinis, rum and steak sauce — has it really come to this?