Spray a 13-by-18-inch rimmed baking sheet with cooking spray. Combine 1¾ cups strawberries and ¼ cup sugar in a blender or ...

Folding a fitted sheet. Defining the word “the.” Baking a strawberry cake. What do all of these things have in common? They are all deceptively tricky tasks.

T he fraisier is a classic French cake that highlights the sweet flavor of peak-season strawberries (fraise means strawberry ...