Sarah Kieffer knows a thing or two about cookies. Her “100 Cookies: The Baking Book for Every Kitchen” cookbook is a must-have for bakers, and her “pan-banging” technique, which gives cookies a ...

When someone mentions pH levels or formulas, I hear those “wah wah” voices from the “Peanuts” cartoons in my head. So, it was with a tad of trepidation that I cracked open “Sift,” the encyclopedic new ...