Maria Lo Pinto’s The Art of Making Italian Desserts from 1952 (which I cannot believe is currently going for $91.00 on Amazon!??!?) has 4 recipes for almond paste. I also have her The Art of Italian Cooking. Both were my...

with the dough spiced with cardamom, so I’m thinking it was Scandinavian in origin, but I can’t turn up a recipe for anything without cherry or raspberry filling, which isn’t what I had. This was just almond...

Sesame seeds and almonds cover a caramel-coated sour apple, while marzipan hides inside.

A marriage of sweet, tart, warm, and cold.

The New York Times has an article about a custom I had never heard of: putting small trinkets into a special kind of almond paste galette on Epiphany. I have to say that the almond paste galette sounds excellent, and I was...

Colored, rolled, or shaped into tiny fruits, it’s like delicious almond-flavored modeling clay.

A simple salad combining the best of Spanish flavors.

A refreshing rice-and-almond drink.

Coconut and almond filling dipped in milk chocolate.

Don’t spend a fortune on toasted oats.

Have your way with vodka, from tails to dinner and dessert.

Tangy rhubarb and almonds baked atop a buttery shortbread crust.

An easy belly-warmer.

Roasted, with a lemon-herb rub.

A buttery, melt-in-your mouth cookie packed with nuts.