Oh, the sweet, soft meringue is my favorite part of the pie. During a pastry chef’s apprenticeship, I looked forward to blow-torching my meringue-covered baked Alaskas to perfect golden peaks. My ...

These star-shaped cinnamon almond cookies from Churer, Switzerland, are crisp, chewy and utterly sublime. A sweet meringue serves as both an element of the cookie dough and a baked-on frosting for the ...

It seems like such a magical process. Since I was a little girl it has always amazed me how whisking wet gloopy eggwhites with sugar enables the transformation to a snowy white, thick and glossy foam ...

A school-night potluck is the last place you’d expect to see something as elegant as a cloudlike meringue, covered with berries and frothy with vanilla-scented whipped cream. But looks can be ...

The white fluff on the top of my mom’s lemon meringue pie captured my attention early on. She fusses over perfect peaks, browned just so. Oh, the sweet, soft meringue is my favorite part of the pie.