Pete Wells revisits Marian Burros’ legendary plum torte recipe—its history, reader devotion, and lasting legacy as The New ...

In August of 1983, Marian Burros published her recipe for a plum torte in the De Gustibus column of the New York Times. It was just one more of the weekly installments that she had been for years.

CEO and co-founder of Food52 Amanda Hesser is joining TODAY to share a few of her favorite recipes from her iconic cookbook, "The Essential New York Times Cookbook: Classic Recipes for a New Century." ...

Ripe seasonal fruit and a buttery pastry can take many forms: as a tart, a pie, a crumble, shortbread or a cake. But my go-to this time of year is the torte. Not the authentic torte, inspired by the ...

They are not many of us who could say, at the end of our lives, that we once caused a rebellion against the New York Times, but Marian Burros could—and proudly so. The respected reporter, editor, and ...

Ripe seasonal fruit and a buttery pastry can take many forms: as a tart, a pie, a crumble, shortbread or a cake. But my go-to this time of year is the torte. Not the authentic torte, inspired by the ...

I Tried NYT Cooking's Most Popular Cake Recipe of All Time and It's The Best Late Summer Dessert originally appeared on Parade. Every year, as summer fades into fall, one very specific recipe reliably ...

For the last 12 years that I lived in New York, smells of cinnamon-tinged, buttery cake filling the air after Labor Day meant one thing: Italian prune plum season was upon us. That season, much like ...

There’s a bumper crop of babies arriving with this year’s harvest. And what better time to have a birthday than in spectacular September, when prune plums make their brief appearance? What a happy ...

Back in 1989, the food editors at The Times made a momentous decision: after a seven-year run, this plum torte recipe (above) would no longer be reprinted every September. Our staff reporter Marian ...