MUCH HAS BEEN made of Marcel Proust's passage on tea-dunked madeleines in "Remembrance of Things Past." One bite reconnected the author to his childhood—"No sooner had the warm liquid mixed with the ...

French madeleines are small, buttery sponge cakes with a distinctive shell shape from the type of pan they are baked in. Although really cute and delicate on their own, you can also use them to make ...

I promised myself that I wouldn't mention Marcel Proust, but there was no way around it. So I'll tell you what you may already know: That lots of us have heard anything about the pretty, shell-shaped ...

Madeleines are quintessentially French, popularised by Proust’s evocative discourse in In Search of Lost Time (1927): “Petites madeleines, which look as though they had been moulded in the fluted ...

Classic French Madeleines are one of the easiest, most delicious little tea cakes you can make. I flavor them with vanilla and lemon for a classic taste, and the iconic shell shape makes them look so ...

Dear SOS: Years ago there was a recipe for (pistachio) madeleines in the newspaper. I have misplaced the original and would really like to make them again. Dear Jim: These madeleines are light in ...

The best way to get to Paula Wolfert’s house is to start out by the duck pond in the Sonoma town square. Drive east through a neighborhood of beautifully maintained Victorian and Craftsman-style homes ...