Those last stragglers from the summer garden are hard to love. They’re the homely, distant cousins to the lush produce we harvested back in August. A motley collection of tomatoes sits on my kitchen ...

Turn some baby-food prunes into a delicious prune cake. Gloria Hube of Riviera Beach asked for a recipe, and chef Gilles Syglowski chose the one sent in by Sandy Nank of McHenry, Ill., who wrote that ...

LOMA LINDA >> To make one of the Inland Empire’s most cherished specialty cakes, it takes a lot of love — and prunes. For nearly 60 years, customers have popped into Loma Linda Market for its famed ...

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Cover prunes with water and simmer 20 minutes or until tender. Drain, reserving 2/3 cup of the liquid, adding more water if necessary. Pit and chop prunes. 2. Sift ...

A few weeks ago, Monroe reader Mary Huber asked for our help, explaining, “The prune upside-down cake my mother used to make was brought to my memory recently. I don’t have her recipe, and have ...

Now that we’ve had a chance to try a prune upside-down cake, let’s have a go at making a prune right-side-up cake. Happily, we have not just one, but two versions to choose from. Weirdly, but not ...

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. This recipe is adapted from Evan Mallett’s book “Black Trumpet: A Chef’s ...

Purging fat from baked goods is always difficult because fat performs several functions in a recipe. Fat makes baked goods tender by coating the proteins in flour and preventing them from joining ...

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F. Spray the bottom and sides of an 8-inch ...