LITTLE ROCK — Babka is a big part of my childhood memories. If you don’t know what babka is, I guess the best way to describe it is a very spongy, briochelike yeast cake. It’s sweet and usually has a ...

When chef Stephen Stryjewski was growing up, Easter meant pierogies, kielbasa and sauerkraut, and he has continued that tradition with his own family. Dinah Rogers, The Times-PicayuneChef Stryjewski's ...

Babka three ways. With one dough recipe, make hazelnut chocolate babka with amaretti filling and chocolate glaze; cherry chocolate babka with black sesame and chocolate filling; and a black and white ...

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A few years ago, when my kids were small and we lived in New Haven, Conn., we had a beloved Friday afternoon routine. We went shopping at a grocery store called Edge of the Woods, which has a bakery.

In recent months, a homey Eastern European dessert has been garnering the sort of hysterical enthusiasm Instagramming diners typically reserve for Dominique Ansel’s cronuts, or the candy-colored ...

MINERSVILLE — When the smoke from World War II cleared over Poland, there was virtually nothing left of Katherine Pehlivan’s grandparents’ possessions. The one thing that survived was her ...

I love that babka translates to “little grandma” in Yiddish, because the sweet braided bread — with swirls of filling reminiscent of Bubbe’s pleated skirt — is always as comforting as one. My ...