Next week is Diwali, the festival of lights, followed by the dawning of a New Year that Indians celebrate around the world. When it comes to Diwali, one can never have enough sweets. Sweets, like ...

Properties: Tiny and hard when uncooked and large, sticky and chewy when cooked. Flavor: They are flavorless but tend to take on any other flavors you are cooking with. Uses: Desserts like pudding, ...

For decades I’ve admired Chef Jacques Pepin. As a cookbook author, teacher, and PBS TV star, he changed the way I cook and think. Recently I took great delight when Food and Wine magazine arrived. His ...

Picture a cafeteria tray in the 1970s or '80s, where a sludgy scoop of tapioca pudding sits next to meatloaf and flaccid, grayish-green beans, the gelatinous pearls bobbing under a layer of dusted ...

Traditions have the power to bind a family together as they create a sense of belonging and shared experiences. | Adobe Stock We are knee-deep in the season of traditions — they’re fun, they’re ...

Custards and puddings are classic comfort foods, and who doesn’t need comfort these days? I’ve been craving a creamy pudding of vanilla and tapioca (extracted from cassava root) and decided to test ...

Organic Sucanat (a brand name) and rapadura are sweeteners made from sugar-cane juice. They're available through specialty markets and online. This recipe calls for raw egg whites. If you are ...

The mercury on our thermometer has dipped down to the single digits this morning with a reading of 5 degrees. The wind chill is below 0, so son Joseph wasn’t looking too forward to working outside ...