Chantilly cream delivers instant decadence to everything from chocolate tortes to fresh berries. Here’s how to make it.

If you want a dessert that looks fancy but isn't super hard to make, these chef-developed easy French dessert recipes will fit the brief. They may taste and look like you've spent all day in the ...

"French Desserts” by Hillary Davis, Gibbs Smith, $30, 224 pages, hardcover When you want to try every recipe in a cookbook, you know it’s a keeper. That’s the way I feel about “French Desserts,” the ...

At first glance (or bite), one might associate France with steak frites, boeuf bourguignon (thank you, Julia) or even tarte Tatin, but in her introduction to Chocolat Ms. Crapanzano, a journalist, ...