If you want some affordable homemade gifts to give to friends and family members over the holiday period, chocolates are a great way to go. Not only do they taste delicious, but they look extra ...

If you're making molded chocolates or any type of holiday candies, you need to know how to properly prepare the chocolate. Of course, you can use the melting wafers. But for the best candy such as ...

In my life as a pastry chef, I’ve always held fast to the belief that there are certain flavors -- specifically coffee, lemon and chocolate -- that are best taken to the extreme. If I create a coffee ...

Valentine’s Day is around the corner so we chatted with Michael Laiskonis, Creative Director at the Institute of Culinary Education at the helm of the school's bean-to-bar Chocolate Lab on something ...

High-quality chocolate tablets are best for tempering chocolate before using to cover candy. (Myung J. Chun / Los Angeles Times) There are few things in cooking that give me “the dreads” quite like ...

If you're making molded chocolates or any type of holiday candies, you need to know how to properly prepare the chocolate. Of course, you can use the melting wafers. But for the best candy such as ...