Because I am a food critic, I receive regular and high-level counsel from sources not accessible to mere mortals: precious data about the wants and needs of the dining public, the desirous howls of ...

Will pies be the new cupcake? It seems every year there's another dessert gunning to replace the cupcake as the next big thing. Most recently, in my memory, it was the French macaron. While I've made ...

I know this is a hot take, but I don’t really like pumpkin pie. I usually reach for other Thanksgiving desserts that aren’t pie. Many times, it’s my mom’s pumpkin torte, but this year, it’s going to ...

Trend-spotters are convinced that in 2011, pie is the new cupcake, and two new Seattle bakeshops are busy proving those prognosticators right. What began as a pie-in-the-sky idea is now their first ...