Shortbread

Creating food porn with texture

2013-04-10 07:00:00

How do you make a dish look appealing? It's one of the more frequent questions we hear in the Food section. Readers want to know what we do to make food look appetizing in a photo. While photographing naturally beautiful food really helps, there are a...

The ultimate Easter 2013 dining guide in L.A. area

2013-03-25 13:21:00

Have you sorted out what and where you’ll be eating on Easter? Whether you're looking to go out or stay in with takeout, here's a list of places around town offering Easter treats, brunch and supper: Asia de Cuba: Honey-glazed Kurobuta pork belly,...

In Portland, Ore., a garden of pastry delights

2013-02-10 00:00:00

PORTLAND, Ore. — Is it possible for an Angeleno to leave home and find love in a region where sunshine is merely a rumor and 50 shades of gray are a daily atmospheric reality? It's helpful if the pursuit of that bliss involves a white-hot...

Valentine's Day gift guide: Totally her

2013-02-10 00:00:00

Beyond the sappy cards and seemingly endless rows of heart-shaped chocolate boxes, there are, indeed, some stylish ways to celebrate the woman in your life this Valentine's Day. Win points in the romance department by moving beyond grocery store floral...

Homemade holiday gift idea: Brown sugar shortbread

2012-12-11 10:00:00

Rich brown sugar shortbread has caramel and molasses notes. This recipe makes enough dough for two pans' worth of cookies, so you can try your hand at baking them in round pans or as bars. Baked in pans, the wedge cookies will retain more moisture, giving...

Recipe: Rosemary apricot bars

2012-12-15 00:00:00

I just moved to Los Angeles this past summer, leaving family, friends and a wonderful group of food bloggers in Minneapolis. This will be my first sunny Southern California Christmas, and I know I will make these bar cookies and remember the loving...

Holiday cookie recipe: Dulce de leche cookies

2012-12-03 08:00:00

Zaira Angelo of Pomona was one of the 10 winners of last year's Los Angeles Times Holiday Cookie Bake-Off with her dulce de leche cookies: "This recipe is kind of a mash-up between my mom and me. My mom makes dulce de leche every year, the real stuff,...

'Next Iron Chef' recap: Culinary giant Elizabeth Falkner goes home

2012-12-03 11:11:00

All the fun and games came to an abrupt stop on Sunday night's episode of "Next Iron Chef." Host Alton Brown's comical garb and the show's dependable, cheese-ball sound effects weren't enough to cut the tension when Elizabeth Falkner -- arguably the show'...

Recipe: Lemony moons and stars

2012-12-15 00:00:00

I adapted my favorite shortbread recipe to honor one of my guests who wrote the children's picture book "Under the Lemon Moon." I used round and star-shaped cookie cutters to make this rich, �ber-lemony cookie. — Carol Eblen, Encinitas PHOTOS:...

Happy Holidays from the L.A. Times Test Kitchen!

2012-11-29 13:23:00

Can you smell all the holiday cookies? We've been baking all week in the Test Kitchen, testing our Top 10 recipes from this year's L.A. Times Holiday Cookie Bake-Off. And, well, we've gone full throttle with the holiday spirit. (Nothing says Happy...

Video: Meet the L.A. Times Holiday Cookie Bake-Off winners

2012-12-19 16:08:00

In the days leading up to Hanukkah and Christmas, we've featured the recipes of this year's Holiday Cookie Bake-Off winners: cherry-pistachio rugelach, snow cookies, lemony shortbread, rosemary apricot bars, almond sweeties and more. More than 120...

Across the Table: Cooks' mad dash

2012-09-22 00:00:00

Don't ask me how it happened. I can't tell you. But certainly these elements came into play: planning too far ahead, not writing things down, friends finally getting back to us with the one possible date they could come for dinner in months, visitors in...

Did the crumbly cookie break? Or did someone sneak a little nibble? Either way, that hint of texture makes those rich butter shortbread cookies look rather enticing, doesn't it?

2013-04-08 18:07:33

Heart-shaped vanilla shortbread cookies presented by Kitchen at Billings Forge, 559 Broad St, Hartford at The Greater Hartford Arts Council's annual Big Red for the Arts food and wine tasting fundraiser Wednesday night, Feb. 6, at The Society Room of Hartford, 31 Pratt St., Hartford.

2013-02-06 00:00:00

Known for: Pastry chef Kim Boyce worked at Campanile and Spago before relocating to the Pacific Northwest. Her creations, which are sold to other restaurants and coffee shops, attest to a thoughtful, sophisticated baker.

2013-02-05 17:46:50