I'm a sucker for desserts that feel elegant without requiring a ton of fancy cooking tricks. It may sound like a tall task, but a dessert like wine poached pears proves that it's possible. Fresh pears ...

Dry red wine, sugar, and ripe pears are all you need to make poached pears in red wine, a simple, elegant dessert with a dramatic presentation. Be sure to select a firm variety like bosc, anjou, or ...

On Rosh Hashanah Jews from all over the world devote some element of their holiday menu to symbolic foods. The foods can be eating by themselves and also incorporated into different dishes. One of the ...

Poached pears in wine, or Poire a la Beaujolais, is a classic French dessert that originated in the wine-growing area of ...

Pears poached in red wine make for a festive and easy make-ahead dessert. Look for crisp — very slightly under-ripe — pears with no blemishes. Bosc or Anjou are winning options as they can withstand ...

This is the Bellini to end all Bellinis. This is the Bellini that all the other ones dream of being when they grow up. Not only do the fresh pear nectar and Champagne make a killer combo, but the ...

Peel the pears, leaving the stalks intact. Pour the red wine and 350ml (12fl oz) of boiling water into a medium-sized saucepan, and add the orange rind and juice, caster sugar, cinnamon stick and star ...

Pears are one of the last thin-skinned varieties of fruit to hang on well into the dead of winter. Most fruit say their last hooray long before the first frost of the year. Pears, however, are at ...

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PERFECTLY ripe, the pear is a paradox: verging on crisp, yet soft as velvet. With every juicy bite, its delicate flavor invites comparisons to nectar and flowers and meadows, but there’s no need ...