Through the end of March, we bring you Matcha Madness, a series in which we share our favorite matcha-based recipes. If you’re as mad for this green tea as we are, stay tuned for more. Below, Nik ...

The queen is a creature of habit! According to former royal chef Darren McGrady, the reigning British monarch has the same chocolate cake to celebrate her birthday every single year — and it’s her ...

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 ...

Now that spring has sprung, many of us have the urge to lighten up. The substantial, solid foods that seemed so necessary just a couple of weeks ago suddenly sound as heavy and unappealing as long ...

THE Queen turns 94 today, and while she won’t be celebrating with a party, she is likely to be sticking to one tradition. The Queen has the same chocolate birthday cake every year according to a ...

Birthdays are always special occasions and it is no different if you’re royalty. From their favourite chocolate cake, to a special stamp or coin, there are lots of ways the Royal Family mark their ...

Defining sponge cake can get a little — forgive us — spongy. Never up for debate is the centrality of egg, sugar, and flour. It's also, as made clear by the name, meant to be light and airy. Sometimes ...

Marie Antoinette and 50 Cent, as far as we know, never ran into each other, but the queen and the rapper would agree that the combination of flour, eggs, butter and sugar rules. “Let them eat cake,’’ ...

MAYBE because she’s too busy partying in her Manolo Blahnik shoes, punk princess Marie Antoinette, as conceived by filmmaker Sofia Coppola, never offers cake to the angry rabble. But she does put away ...

GREAT BARRINGTON — Pastry Chef Jean Yves says he hates Christmas — making 10,000 holiday logs will do that to a man. Yves is the lauded chef and founder of Patisserie Lenox — a bakery with four ...

THE Queen turns 94 today, and while she won’t be celebrating with a party, she is likely to be sticking to one tradition. According to Her Majesty’s former chef Darren McGrady, the “chocoholic” ...