Make Better Yams With This Homemade Marshmallow Fluff
Marshmallow fluff is a uniquely American topping. It’s almost obscenely sweet, with an airy, meringue-like texture that is hard to resist, no matter how refined your palate is. Tubs of…
The Difference Between Soft, Medium, and Stiff Peaks (and When to Use Each One)
Following recipes can be complicated, especially if you’re new to reading food lingo. With odd jargon like “folding into the batter” or “whipping to stiff peaks,” it’s no wonder a…
Not All Cloud Bread Is Created Equal
Photo: Amallia Eka (Shutterstock) I had mixed feelings after perusing different pictures and recipes for cloud bread, a food that has become quite popular on TikTok. One of them was…
Cranberry Meringue Pie Is the Perfect Holiday Dessert
Photo: A.A. Newton Cranberries are often the only source of precious, richness-cutting acid on the Thanksgiving and Christmas dinner tables, which is why I’ve always insisted that they belong on…
12 Holiday Cookie Recipes With Five Ingredients or Fewer
Photo: Wollertz (Shutterstock) Walk into any Italian bakery and, no matter what your original intention was, look for the pignoli cookie first. It may not be as flashy as the…
Crown Your Sweet Potatoes With Swiss Meringue Instead
Sorry about the stained tea towel. I am only human.Photo: Claire Lower Yams and sweet potatoes are sweet. No one can dispute this. There’s a reason they’re just as at…
Make These Two-ingredient Meringue Ghost Cookies
Photo: Allie Chanthorn Reinmann Halloween is synonymous with sugar, and overloading cookies with chocolate, gummy worms, and sugar eyeballs is par for the course. But after your fifth dozen-batch of…
Your Cocktail Needs a Meringue Float
Photo: Allie Chanthorn Reinmann There are a dizzying number of ways to make a cocktail look fancy–egg white fizz, cabernet float, an Angostura bitters drawing of your face, or simple…
How to Bake With More Booze, ‘Cause Life Is Short
Photo: Allie Chanthorn Reinmann Alcohol has its time and place. Most of former are with friends (although a solo wine night is dreamy), and most of the latter are in…
Three of the Most Decadent Single-Serving Dessert Recipes
Photo: Allie Chanthorn Reinmann Valentine’s Day is, among other things, a great excuse to eat obscene amounts of chocolate (as is any day before or after Valentine’s Day). Relationships are…