After years of trying at least a half dozen new recipes a month, my skill at weeding out poorly written or otherwise ill-advised recipes is well honed. But every once in a while, my hesitations are ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Sure, you’ve never had raw apricots before. But odds are you’ve had dried ones in trail mix or granola before. Here, they add a ...

Russ Peters comes from a family of seven. So for his mother, Madge Jo Peters—who worked full-time in addition to raising a family—cooking was about efficiency. Peters often makes her “fast and ...

Rebecca Cassidy Delity requested the recipe for apricot pie from Candlewick's Sweet Shoppe in Pasadena. Several readers responded, including Sam J. Weido, who sent this recipe. It's very different ...

Incorporate fresh, dried, or pickled apricots into these sweet-tart dishes all year long. Sweet, tart, and tangy, apricots are a versatile stone fruit for all kinds of preparations beyond jam, from ...

As we wrap up one sweet season for another one, we turn attention toward pies. We’ve marking the occasion by asking this year’s Minnesota State Fair Blue Ribbon apple and pecan pie winners to share ...

For Crust: Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (205 degrees C). Bake one Pillsbury Pet-Ritz 9-inch deep dish frozen pie crust slightly. Cool. Surprise Filling: Mix together surprise filling ingredients ...

This recipe is from Los Angeles Times test kitchen director Donna Deane. The recipe for the crust is from "Local Flavors: Cooking and Eating From America's Farmers Markets" by Deborah Madison. You can ...