Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

A favorite summer ritual, as a young married couple, was to pick up a peach pie from Marie Callender’s, a famous Los Angeles pie emporium during the 70’s and 80’s every few weeks during summers, piled ...

Semolina is usually enjoyed as porridge or in pudding form but semolina cake is just as delicious as the pudding. Preheat your oven. Grease a baking dish or cake pan. In a large mixing bowl, combine ...

Greece is known around the world for its delicious cuisine, and Greek desserts like baklava and loukoumades are no exception.

When it comes to Rosh Hashanah desserts, apple cake or honey cake might sound most familiar to Ashkenazi (Eastern and Central European) Jews celebrating the Jewish New Year. But the Jewish diaspora is ...

Adapted for high altitude from “Falling Cloudberries: A World of Family Recipes,” by Tessa Kiros (Andrews McMeel). Makes 1 cake, serves 8. Ingredients CAKE: 1/4 cup butter, soft 1 cup superfine sugar ...

Sweet-scented namoura — syrup-soaked semolina cake — comes together in a snap and only gets better as it sits. By Mia Leimkuhler Amanda Saab’s namoura (syrup-soaked semolina cake), adapted by Tejal ...

Christine Hanna (Chronicle Books, 2010, Kindle edition, $26). Hanna notes that this crumbly cake is a riff on a baklava-like pastry made with semolina, honey and walnuts. In an ideal world, you might ...

It was a magical night by the Aegean Sea in Bodrum. The waves rippled softly, reflecting the light from our hotel. We were mesmerized by the shimmering blue and the sparkling white and silver of the ...

For some, fall’s first sighting of curled, browning, and desiccated leaves is a time of great joy. I’m not one of those people. My son peeks his head out of his teen-emo cave to happily refer to the ...