This luscious fruit crisp is a perfect dessert for an early fall evening. Look to September’s harvest and gather late-season stone fruit and autumnal pears for this homey baked dessert. Then fortify ...

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, ...

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 ...

Who says pineapple is the only fruit that gets to have an upside-down cake? Why not bestow the same honor on the humble plum? Take a lesson from Honorine Boulanger O’Malley, a resourceful mother and ...