Recipes

Let’s talk croissants. The best ones are are crisp on the outside, pull-apart tender on the inside. They are never gummy. When you bite one, shards of buttery dough break off (and your job is to make sure none go uneaten). It can be hard to locate your dream croissant outside of major metropolitan areas such as, mon ami, Paris. Perhaps you’ve lucked out and your ...

Plus: The new LaCroix flavor, ruby chocolate arrives in the United States, and a Taco Bell hotel is coming this summer. Here's a smart tip for mixing natural, oily peanut butter: use an immersion blender. LaCroix just debuted a new flavor for the first time in two years: Hi-Biscus! Unfortunately most of the internet isn't too thrilled about the addition. Ruby chocolate is fi...

Is it time to for?pancakes yet?If there’s one thing we love more than pancakes, it’s more pancakes. Are we right? Whether you like yours flat and crisp-edged, fluffy and baked in the oven, or packed with fruit, there’s no wrong way to flapjack. Ranging from traditional blueberry-buttermilk pancakes to sweet caramel apple pancakes and strawberry-rhubarb panc...

The French may have souffles and Mexicans have churros, but there’s a reason our readers go wild for Italian desserts when they see them on Instagram. Whether you’re craving silky (panna cotta), frosty (granita), creamy (gelato), boozy (tiramis), crunchy (biscotti) or foamy (zabaglione), there’s a sweet treat from the Olde World that’s right up your ...

The best thing about dreaming up an Easter menu is thatthis time of yearthe market is primed to help you. The knobby, ugly (but delicious) parsnips and gourds make way for a rainbow of asparagus, scallions, morels, strawberries, peas, ramps and rhubarb. Traipsing through the farmers' market stalls can be as verdant as a trip to Oz.Whether you’re craving deviled eggs, a...

Breakfast in bed is one of those things that sounds great in theory. You wake up to the sweet smell of coffee (just the way you like it!), fresh pastries, and the Sunday paper. How wonderful! In reality, though, breakfast in bed often means you're either carefully eating a protein bar while your children pounce on your bed, or you’re ready to spend the rest of the day ...

At Williams Sonoma, International Women’s Day is about empowering every woman to accomplish big things both locally and globally. With the majority of our workforce made up of women, we’re working every day toward a more gender-inclusive world. ?Whether it’s women leading Fortune 500 companies, starting new businesses, or pursuing their own creative dreams...

Whether you're looking for the perfect wedding gift, or are newly engaged and just starting to think about your registry, there are a handful of kitchen items that every couple should consider. To figure out what the best wedding gifts of 2019 are (so far) we mined our own registry data at Williams Sonoma. These are the best gifts, the classic gifts, the ones that a newlywed...

You keep saying you're going to be better about meal planning. Then Sunday rolls around and you haven't swept, done laundry, or dealt with that one bill you just can't figure out. Meal planning seems like one more thing intended to keep you down. But consider meatballs. Great meatballs can save a work week, a hungry stay-at-home parent, or a cranky kid. Pork is key in this r...

One of the many wonderful things about improving your cooking chops is that once you learn a great technique, you can utilize it all over the place. In the same way a knockout sauce can have multiple applications on pork chops, steaks, roast vegetables and chicken (hello, Italian salsa verde), this technique can improve cornbread as well as other starches. (It’d be kil...