Poached pears in wine, or Poire a la Beaujolais, is a classic French dessert that originated in the wine-growing area of ...

I'm a sucker for desserts that feel elegant without requiring a ton of fancy cooking tricks. It may sound like a tall task, but a dessert like wine poached pears proves that it's possible. Fresh pears ...

DECEMBER is a month for feasting -- which is not necessarily to say gorging, though it sometimes seems like it. Eating well is not the same thing as stuffing yourself and eating sensibly is not the ...

Hello and welcome back to KELOLAND Living as we get ready to channel our very best Julia Child. From Coq au Vin to Beef Bourguignonne, knowing how to cook with wine is a must for any French chef in ...

If baking is your thing, the holidays are all about the dessert. But for the rest of us, dessert is sometimes the unfortunate victim of the 24-hour clock. There is just never enough time to get it all ...

Because of COVID, it’s just the two of us for Thanksgiving this year. I am thinking of my mother-in-law, who drove from Kentucky last year to feast with us. I remember asking her what she wanted for ...

There is no in-between with pears. Underripe and the late-fall fruit is hard, astringent and tasteless; overripe and it's gritty and bland. At peak, a good pear is one of the finest fruits, perfumed, ...