When it comes to a slice of something sweet to pair with a cup of coffee or after-dinner cocktail at a restaurant, you may be ...

In "Gateau: The Surprising Simplicity of French Cakes," she tells the story of yogurt cake, which schoolchildren learn to make at an early age. They empty a small jar of yogurt sold in every ...

That mindset also reveals itself in French home kitchens, she explains in the introduction to “Gateau: The Surprising Simplicity of French Cakes” (Scribner, $30). While Parisian home cooks ...