Thanks for liking this story! We have added it to a list of your favorite stories. NINA MOINI: I wish we could end every show like this. The holidays are often an excuse to eat more cookies than any ...

The new "Zoe Bakes Cookies" (Ten Speed Press, $30) is author Zoe Francois' 10th book. This book feels like a lifetime — or lifetimes — in the making, with chapters of your life as well as your ...

The baking expert’s new book is a deep dive into the art and science of making the cookies of your dreams. Emily Paster is the author of the widely admired blog, West of the Loop, primarily about food ...

Zoe Francois built her baking reputation at the Culinary Institute of America in New York and in restaurant kitchens around the Twin Cities of Minnesota. But she traces her “cookie DNA,” as she calls ...

So, you need to make a dessert to impress. Odds are you want to deliver something more wow-worthy than store-bought cookies, but you also don’t want to do *too* much work. Enter the bourbon Biscoff ...

Author Zoë François started a cookie cart business when she was a student at the University of Vermont. Chocolate chip cookies were her specialty. This version, she writes in ‘Zoë Bakes Cookies,’ has ...

"Fruit preserves are a traditional filling, but you can use chocolate-hazelnut spread or pumpkin-spice buttercream," says the pastry chef Greg Dupree Zoë François' recipe goes from classic to spooky ...

“Zoë Bakes Cakes: Everything You Need to Know to Make Your Favorite Layers, Bundts, Loaves, and More” by Zoë François (Ten Speed Press, $30) Zoë François grew up in the 1960s on a commune in Vermont, ...

On days when you’re baking for a crowd, your instinct may be to choose a large and impressive sweet centerpiece, like a cake, that can be shared. But handheld treats, including cookies and brownies, ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... The biggest challenge about our annual Tribune Holiday Cookie Contest is not the baking, but creating your own original recipe. That’s what dozens of bakers ...