Last winter, I spent a month baking at a wine bar in Paris. A highlight of the gig was traversing the city’s many epiceries in search of something special to inspire the menu each week. It was a cold ...

Meringues are one baked good that I admit to having nightmares about. I can shut my eyes and see a batch of egg whites just swirling and swirling around in a stand mixer, like an endless spinning ...

Petra Vigil, owner of Petra's Backstubchen joined us with her recipe from Germany for Rhubarb Cake with Meringue. She showed us how to make the meringue the right way with just egg whites and sugar.

French meringue for pies is simpler than you might think, and this recipe keeps it that way. Made with just egg whites, sugar, vanilla, and cream of tartar, it whips up quickly with no stovetop ...