Before starting work at the Peter Kump’s New York Cooking School in New York, I would never have thought about making a genoise. To be truthful, I had never heard of this French dessert. Later, I ...

When I learned that baking powder wasn’t invented until the late 1840s, I wondered how cakes ― which need some type of leavening agent to produce a fluffy, soft crumb ― used to get made. Ancient Roman ...

This vanilla sponge cake is the best sponge cake I’ve ever made! The cake is pillowy, soft, spongy, and yet, a bit moist. The sponge cake is perfect for so many cake recipes. This sponge cake is also ...

When autumn comes, a whole new season of entertaining begins. Small dinner parties, club and charity meetings, cocktail get-togethers, big holiday open houses. No matter the size and type of event, a ...

Before starting work at the Peter Kump’s New York Cooking School in New York, I would never have thought about making a genoise. To be truthful, I had never heard of this French dessert. Later, I ...