Perigord, France, many years ago: I sit at the oilcloth-covered table, watching the bee climb in and out of the jam jar as I listen to its buzz. The sun is a shock of gold outside the window. The ...

For clafoutis cravings in the fall months, this pear clafoutis should be your go-to autumn dessert. Start by cooking fresh pears in hot butter until nicely tender. Combine those with a sweet, ...

WHEN I FIRST read Julia Child’s “Mastering the Art of French Cooking” decades ago as a teenager, I was thrilled to discover a simple dessert called a clafoutis — essentially a fruit custard-like ...

If you are not familiar with clafoutis, please make yourself acquainted. The Institute of Culinary Education (ICE) is one of the largest culinary schools in the world, offering both professional and ...

Clafoutis has a luscious yet homey French pedigree. Pronounced kla-FOO-tee, it requires little muss or fuss to be instantly satisfying. A slightly sweet egg-flour-milk batter is poured over tiny ...

The traditional clafoutis is the “ clafoutis aux cerises ” made from cherries. This recipe is originally from the Limousin region, near the center of France. It is rustic in appearance, with unpitted ...

Clafoutis has a luscious yet homey French pedigree. Pronounced kla-FOO-tee, it requires little muss or fuss to be instantly satisfying. A slightly sweet egg-flour-milk batter is poured over tiny ...

It’s been a fruity month for me. Also, a busy one. And desserts can be hard. I once spent something like 11 hours on a cake for this column. That wasn’t happening this week. Fortunately, I was able to ...

Snacks: In your next clafoutis, replace the traditional cherries with apricots! This recipe is super easy to make and will ...

Baking Cherry-Vanilla Clafoutis on the grill lends a delicious and unexpected smokiness to the simple French dessert, while whole-wheat flour provides a nutty kick to this otherwise-classic recipe.

“Here we are! Here we are!” Valerie Gordon peers out the driver’s side window of her car at a small house on a residential street not far from the 101 freeway in Sherman Oaks. “This is it, right here, ...