When you want to impress while cooking at home, you break out a time tested trick: the flambé -- but the wrong lighter could ...

Flambe is a French word that means flame. Flambe dishes don't just look great, but also taste great. Desserts and other foods are flambeed for a rare, dramatic effect. When it comes to eating and ...

Apple cider, fresh and dried apples join forces in this stovetop apple pie filling. The pie is topped with flaming apple brandy just before serving. Apple cider and a combination of fresh, cooked, and ...

The only fires I start in my kitchen on purpose are for flambéed desserts. Standing at the stove, with a few friends seated at the table behind me, I’ll shout, “Are you ready?!” and then lower my ...

Flambéing is the act of burning, or “flaming,” off the alcohol in a food by igniting it. Whether done tableside at a fine restaurant or over your own stove as you prepare a dish, it can make for a ...

Every year around mid-June my inbox is flooded with press releases for flag cake recipes, all of which boast new and exciting takes on the patriotic dessert. Usually I ignore them, because flag cakes ...

MAYBE it’s the corks popping, or the televised countdown, or the anticipation of all those fireworks lighting up the skies as the year ends by increments all over the world. Whatever the reason, we ...