The not-so-secret ingredient is coffee. Maria Yagoda is a senior editor at Food & Wine, where she has worked for five years, specializing in restaurant and travel coverage. When we ran this ...

Chocolate Chips and Beyond Let's start with the most obvious but incredibly effective upgrade - chocolate chips. Add milk, ...

To help you decide which treat to choose with your next caffeine fix, we ranked the best coffee shop pastries. We judged them ...

Alexandra Domrongchai is a food and travel writer based out of New York. With years of experience in the restaurant industry, food culture research, and as an avid traveler, she joins Travel + Leisure ...

Her chocolate cake with mocha frosting was delicious and easier to make. But Garten's Beatty's Chocolate Cake tastes incredible and easily won the competition. I've been using Ina Garten's recipes to ...

Alexandra is an associate editor on CNET's Performance Optimization team. She graduated from Marymount Manhattan College in New York City, and interned with CNET's Tech and News teams while in school.

Growing up, there were three desserts my mom loved to bake: brownies (for lunch boxes), cookies (for snacking) and coffee cake (for breakfast). As in, our whole household would snag slices of cinnamon ...