Aleksandra Crapanzano
Recipes
Fiori di Sicilia Pound Cake
A gâteau quatre-quarts, or four-fourths, traditionally called for a pound each of butter, flour, sugar and eggs. This version of the cake adds vanilla and fragrant citrus extract.
Cooking
Your Grilled Cheese Has Been Sorely Missing Raw Leeks
Like onions or scallions, raw leeks upgrade sandwiches, soups, and more.
Recipes
Gâteau Chocolat-Menthe (Chocolate-Mint Cake)
The quality and freshness of the mint is key to this chocolate-mint cake recipe.
Recipes
Marguerite Cassis
Crème de cassis Chantilly takes the place of classic buttercream in this marguerite cake recipe.
Recipes
Gâteau au Yaourt Pour le Dîner (Dinner Party–Worthy Yogurt Cake)
Grand Marnier soaking syrup and a rum glaze turn a childhood favorite yogurt cake into a dinner party classic.
Shopping
25 Gifts for Your Valentine That Go Beyond a Bouquet
From fragrant rose harissa to a decadent chocolate cake decorated with buttercream rosettes, everything's coming up roses.
Shopping
23 Luxe Hostess Gifts for When You Really Need to Impress
For meeting the parents and other high-stakes holiday situations
