SO rare and precious was chocolate centuries ago that the Aztec emperor Montezuma sipped it from a golden cup. Never would he have imagined that his elixir’s prized ingredient would become an everyday ...

It all started with a recipe in Michael Solomonov's Zahav: A World of Israeli Cooking. The recipe, for a flourless chocolate cake – in which Solomonov and co-author Steven Cook use almond flour in ...

There are two types of Mexican sugar skulls: those made to eat and those made for decoration. Thankfully, Mexican cookbook ...

Icebox cakes are as foolproof as they are impressive — they take virtually zero skill (no, seriously) and the end result is fluffy, layered and truly magical. This version uses graham crackers for the ...

Baker Maria Macrina Hernandez places a Rosca de Reyes on cart prior to baking at Maroches Bakery in the Bishop Arts district. Ben Torres / Special Contributor Manuel Téllez has muscle memory when it ...

Take a culinary tour of the West Coast with fresh fish tacos topped with crunchy slaw and spiced Mexican chocolate cake. "These tacos are fresh, light and always a crowd pleaser. Also, they're good ...

Bakers have been poking cakes so that sweet liquids can seep into them for as long as we’ve had modern-day ovens, but in the 1970s, “poke cakes” were big, thanks to a recipe from Jell-O that called ...

Buried in the middle of a neighborhood filled with car repair shops, car lots and a paint store or two, a Mexican bakery quietly operates in a low-slung building brightly painted lime green. Call it a ...