A creamy chocolate custard sweetened with ripe bananas and warm baking spices soaks into tangy sourdough bread in this fresh take on bread pudding. Ripe bananas offer a fruitful lesson in time ...

People have been making bread puddings for centuries as a clever way to use up every bit of bread, no matter how stale. And that goes for sweet breads, too! Panettone bread pudding is decadent and ...

Alchemists have tried for centuries to transform base metals into gold -- unsuccessfully, at least as far as we know. But it’s a lovely concept: Take the common and uninspiring -- lead, copper, prunes ...

THESE days, when just about any topic can provoke a debate, you can add bread pudding to the list. How is that possible, you might wonder, with something so homey and comforting and, well, inert?

Try to choose a brioche loaf that remained plump and rectangular as it cooled; those with sunken sides will be more difficult (and wasteful) to trim. If you prefer not to use the brandy and ...

Auntie made the best bread pudding. Light, fluffy, and flavorful, it was the gold medal of bread pudding. Forget the rice pudding; that didn’t stand a chance next to the golden and slightly crisp ...