Of all the desserts that you could set on fire, you may never have considered the baba au rhum. Here’s the thing: While you can flambé pretty much any confection that’s soaked in a high-proof spirit, ...

For me, it started this summer, when I was flipping through the 1961 edition of The New York Times Cookbook. Pears were in peak season, and I had just bought half a dozen from my neighborhood fruit ...

The dark days around winter solstice make human beings hungry for light. It could be a decorated tree, a menorah in the window, or just some lights on your house. Whatever your creed or culture, you ...

The Wednesday night dessert cart has been a hot seller for Vincenzo’s Ristorante in Omaha. It premiered last March as an experiment, and by the end of the night, 22 flaming desserts had been sold.