Alex Guarnaschelli is an Iron Chef, Food Network celebrity chef, author of Old-School Comfort Food and the executive chef at New York City’s Butter restaurants. Read her PEOPLE.com blog every Tuesday ...

According to The Food Lover’s Companion, sherbet is defined thusly: “Today the term sherbet commonly refers to a frozen mixture of sweetened fruit juice (or other liquid) and water.” It is lighter ...

Sometimes - like right now - it's simply too hot to cook. What we're hoping for is a break in the heat, perhaps a day of soaking rain, a couple of pleasant hours to get outside and do the yardwork, ...

Soft and billowy or sweet and crisp, meringue is a chameleon in the kitchen: Use it as a dessert topping, a magic mix-in that gives rise to dense cakes, even as cookie-like crumbles that lend crunch ...

Sometimes you can have too many cooks in the kitchen, but you can never have too many people gathered around the ice cream maker, waiting for it to work its magic. Homemade ice cream is about blending ...

Who doesn’t love a good old ice cream cake? Although summer isn’t here, it isn’t a crime to crave some refreshing treats. This citrusy, frosty sherbet ice cream cake is just what you need. With pretty ...

Note: From test kitchen director Donna Deane. You will have leftover orange sherbet; reserve for another use. 1. Heat the oven to 225 degrees. In the bowl of a stand mixer or in a large bowl with a ...