I like to say that everything I know about baking I learned from Maida Heatter. Sure, there were other outstanding teachers along the way (Martha, Julia, and Dorie among them), but no one taught me as ...

I PROMISED MY younger kids we could bake together, handed each one a reliable cookbook and figured I’d break the tie vote. Unexpectedly, the 9-year-old on the couch browsing Kristen Miglore’s ...

Called the Queen of Cake by Saveur magazine, Heatter (Maida Heatter’s Pies and Tarts, etc.) delivers an outstanding and approachable collection of classics for bakers of all ages and skill levels.

The effect Maida Heatter has had on my career as a baker is incalculable, and when I learned she died (she was 102) the day after my story about her lemon buttermilk cake was published in these pages ...

May finds Charleston bursting with celebrations: graduations, bridal showers, and the glorious first week of the Spoleto Festival. Where celebratory food is called for, there will be desserts. You can ...

1. Adjust a rack one-third up from the bottom of the oven. Set the oven at 350 degrees. Butter an 8½-by-4½-by-2¼-inch loaf pan (6-cup capacity). Dust it with fine, dry breadcrumbs, tapping out the ...

‘Happiness Is Baking’ has favorite recipes from the 102-year-old baker. By Florence Fabricant I first met Maida Heatter in 1982, at a party at the home of Craig Claiborne, a former New York Times food ...