This year, I'm giving thanks for desserts that make the coming feast day a bit easier. One of my favorites for simple entertaining is a stately walnut cake big enough to serve everyone around the ...

As the fresh-crop walnut season crests, those bins and baskets filled with glorious piles of satin-shelled, wrinkly brown nuts evoke all sorts of associations for Southern Californians. For some of us ...

I didn’t really mean to shake up a holiday classic, but when the sack I had in the freezer turned out to have walnuts, not pecans, I made the swap. I made another change too: I replaced the ...

No shade to pumpkin spice cakes and treats—I do love a custardy pumpkin bread pudding—but I’ve been eager for a change. I wanted to make a cake that scratched the itch for a casual cold-weather ...