Knowing the difference between the two big “families” of fruits will help appropriately juice up your summer fruit salads. The two families of fruits ripen — or, more simply, sweeten — differently.

When faced with, say, four quarts of fresh-picked strawberries, some people eat what they can of them and stick the rest in the fridge. Certainly they will keep better that way than they will at room ...

Laced with notes of vanilla, caramel and the subtlest bit of oaky bourbon, this plush pound cake is equal parts impressive and scrumptious. Whereas a pound cake can easily become dense or dry and ...