In my recurring anxiety dream, hordes of friends are streaming into my apartment for a party while I keep opening kitchen cabinets and finding only two cans of black beans. What’s reassuring is that I ...

Enjoy this coconut chocolate pudding recipe for two! (Recipe Credit: Adrianna Adarme of the Fresh Tastes blog). I feel like my love for pudding all started when I was a kid, on my couch after school, ...

When hunger strikes before bedtime, it is a smart idea to have quick and easy midnight snack ideas ready. This collection of ...

For decades I’ve admired Chef Jacques Pepin. As a cookbook author, teacher, and PBS TV star, he changed the way I cook and think. Recently I took great delight when Food and Wine magazine arrived. His ...

A few weeks ago I stumbled upon a Hispanic bakery that changed my understanding of what a delicious pudding could be. When I think pudding, I think mostly of rice- or egg-based recipes made with milk.

Lisa Gardner, pastry chef at Maple Drive in Beverly Hills, has incorporated lemon grass into a rice pudding. “It’s really nice and fresh tasting,” she says, explaining that chef Eric Klein “wanted to ...

Canned coconut milk is the unsung hero of your pantry. These are some very clever ways you should be using your canned ...

I adore coconut and am forever looking for ways to use it in recipes both sweet and savory. This recipe was a bit of a revelation — it came together in about 10 minutes, has a velvety texture, a ...