STICK WITH ME. I’ll get to the soufflés. I’ve been thinking about a scene in “Mad Men” where the lead character, Don Draper, goes to watch his daughter in a school maypole performance. I’m not sure ...

Early one morning in January, I saw a fox squirrel scurrying in the arborvitae out back. It appeared to be building a nest. I've been concerned for the squirrels in our yard. Their home was the river ...

A true dessert souffle: the famous Bread Pudding Souffle at Commander's Palace. (Photo by Chris Granger rom the NOLA.com | Times-Picayune archive) There are souffles, and there are souffles. For ...

On the list of intimidating-sounding recipes, soufflés are pretty high up there (also on the list: boeuf bourguignon and vichyssoise). All too often, what starts as an attempt to impress the new ...

A few years ago the Italian coffee company LavAzza hired the world’s leading molecular gastronomist, Ferran Adria, to come up with coffee you can eat. The Spanish chef, known as the wizard of foam, ...

Long ago, I had the great opportunity of working with James Beard. He was born to be a cook, and a very fine one. He believed in teaching cooking with a hands-on approach. Among many recipes that we ...

Ingredients**: - 2 egg yolks - 10 g sugar - 15 g cake flour - 135 g milk - 15 g butter - 1 tsp vanilla - 2 egg whites (room ...

It’s late Christmas morning and all of the presents have been unwrapped. Even if just for the moment, the kids are lulled into quiet. Southern California’s bright winter sunshine floods in through the ...

How do you make a savory souffle that does not shrink after it's removed from the oven? 1. Savory souffles are based on a bechamel sauce, while dessert souffles are based on pastry cream. To make 12 ...

When I was growing up, my father would always cook up a delicious treat on special occasions: he would make us a soufflé. The recipe for making a soufflé isn’t that complicated: it’s really just eggs, ...