I’ve been spending the past week in the Bay Area, and last Saturday I finally got the chance to go to Berkeley’s downtown farmers market. It was fun to see new (for me) vendors selling great bread, ...

Perhaps one of the first domesticated fruits, the plum is an unsung hero in sweet and savory dishes alike. Jodie Kautzmann is an editor, baker, and confectioner with more than 15 years of experience ...

Dessert: Just 3 ingredients to bake this simple and delicious dessert, a real tribute to the delicious mirabelle plum !

This week, I was invited to a friend’s place to break the fast for Yom Kippur. I was tasked with making a dessert, and after a lot of research on what is traditional for the holiday, I found that, ...

Fruit cobbler is one of those desserts that works in every season. It turns fresh or frozen fruit into a warm bake with a simple topping. These recipes are flexible and easy to make any time of year.

I'd never tasted — let alone baked — the dazzling plum torte from the New York Times, despite its firmly entrenched role in the national baking consciousness. Fortunately, my pal John rectified that ...

This is both the most often published and the most requested recipe in the Times archives. By my count, Marian Burros (who was given the recipe by Lois Levine, with whom Burros wrote "Elegant but Easy ...