Anne Byrn

Anne Byrn, whose recipes dress up cake mixes, tackles gooey butter cake in her new cookbook, “The Cake Mix Doctor Returns” (Workman, $15.95). Here’s what she told food writer Joe Bonwich about the recipe:

“I was in St. Louis on…

Tapas are served on small plates

Here’s another recipe inspired by my recent trip to Spain. Actually, it was inspired by a few of my souvenirs  — cans of oil-packed tuna and piquillo peppers, which are large, sweet red peppers with…

Apple-Spice Cake

My husband and I took advantage of Saturday’s lovely weather to go for a drive to an apple orchard. We picked about 20 pounds of apples — not as many as in the past, when we had kids at…

This week, we have a recipe in the newspaper and online for easy peanut butter fudge — but this one, from Joyce Tucker of Belleville, is even easier.

“This was a favorite of my five children (all now grown). No cooking required!”…

Dates are a traditional food for Rosh Hashana, the Jewish New Year, in many parts of the world. In the United States, serving honey cake is a popular way to convey wishes for a sweet new year. This week, we…

Photo by Lynden Steele/Post-Dispatch

I came home from work one hot night this week and started to think about supper. I was hungry, but not in the mood to cook. Farm-fresh tomatoes sat ripe on the windowsill. Half a bottle of…

The interns. Front row, left to right: Leah Booker, Gabrielle Williams, Dynique Moore. Back row: Marissa Robinson, Relissa Norman.

This recipe is one of many developed this summer by five Maplewood Richmond Heights high school students. Gabrielle Williams, Relissa Norman, Marissa…

Wiley is reissuing Pillsbury’s Best of the Bake-Off Collection, and taken together, the 1,000 winning recipes in this 50-year-old book paint a picture of how we used to be.

The winners’ names are the first hint. Many of the women are identified…

Easy Blueberry Jam

I got up early Sunday morning to pick blackberries at Wind Ridge Farm in New Melle (windridgefarm.net). I hit the blackberry bonanza and came home with about 10 pounds, enough for dessert that night, two batches of jam…

A scene from 'Julie & Julia'

By now, anyone who owns a television has seen a clip of Meryl Streep playing Julia Child in “Julie & Julia.” I think every food writer in America was invited to a preview screening of the…