Dorie Greenspan: "What I know for sure is that everyone who has these cookies smiles and smiles are pretty powerful."
Never underestimate the pleasures of meringue. Simple to the point of plain, meringue delivers delight with every messy bite. As neat as you may be, it’s impossible to eat a meringue without producing a pile of shards and crumbs, and that’s part of the cookie’s charm.
A happy culinary accident, hard pretzels are one of America's first salty, crunchy snack foods.
This is my tried-and-true classic pastry recipe, the one I've been using in my Paris kitchens for more than 20 years. It is easy as - can one say it - pie. I find that once a cook is confident with pastry making, he or she is ready to attack just about anything. For great pastry, you need chilled ingredients and you must work swiftly, without hesitation.