JOSIAH CITRIN likes to eat flowers. Or to be more specific, the chef at Melisse in Santa Monica likes to cook with them -- but he doesn’t candy them and put them on cakes, a la Martha Stewart, or use ...

Bey and Jay. PB&J. Platano con salami. They're all iconic duos and pastry chef Paola Velez has one more to add to the canon: guava and cheese. Paola Velez has been a pastry content creator and ...

When it comes to bakes that make you take the first bite, stop, make an audible "mmmm" sound, and make you just feel comforted and happy, few things come close to a cinnamon roll. But when the weather ...

Living in South Florida for many years, I was able to have fresh guava hand pies whenever I wanted. Moving across the country to a different region made enjoying my regular guava and cheese pastries ...

This tart is the perfect way to take advantage of late summer tomatoes. A variety of heirlooms will create a nice visual, but feel free to use any type of tomato here. Roasting the tomatoes before ...

As a teenage Latina immigrant newly arrived in the United States, I remember feeling that the act of making holiday thumbprint cookies was a part of the process of becoming a “real” American, as ...

Since childhood, I was never on board the PB&J bandwagon. For me, the jelly is overly sweet and the peanut butter uncomfortably mouth-coating. But when I first took a bite of my newly preferred ...

A Porto's Bakery box of its famous refugiados — guava and cheese pastries. (Sabrina Mai Nguyen / For The Times) If you’ve lived here for any amount of time, you know there’s a very particular giveaway ...

Consider this easy, refreshing, colorful menu for a lunch or brunch. The salmon can be fixed as much as a day ahead, though it tastes best if poached just a few hours before serving. The only real ...