Pretty Cherry Macarons adorned with pink blossoms

Dulce de leche flan: caramel on creamy caramel-ly custard. A dessert-lover’s dream!

Monkey Cake from Amy’s Bread- down-to-earth goodness of bananas and pineapple.

Dramatic swirls of meringue encase Tartine’s luscious lemon meringue cake.

A refreshing mango parfait with orange-star anise jelly from Gordon Ramsay and Jason Atherton’s Michelin-starred Maze in London.

Relax this weekend with a classic French “Week-end” cake: lemony pound cake with a hint of rum.

Tartine’s Summer Fruit Bavarian is not only a stunner, it’ll have your guests fighting tooth and nail over the last piece!

Honestly lemony all-natural Chinese lemon chicken, without the cloyingly sweet day-glo sauce. Easy and delicious!

Can you guess what’s inside a cake called “The Obama?” (from Patisserie Philippe, San Francisco)

A “perfect” Paella? As long as there’s plenty of crispy bits at the bottom!

Sticky toffee pudding with a luscious chocolate-caramel sauce.

From San Francisco’s Tartine bakery comes the most decadent, most chocolatey brownies.

Mango Mille Crepe– delicious elegance.

When is a banana cake most elegant? When it’s from the head pastry chef of the French Laundry, that’s when!

Tartine Bakery’s deluxe double chocolate cookies. A luxury indeed!

Dan Lepard’s Chocolate Amaretti: the easiest cookies to make!

Fresh blueberry sauce for Barefoot Contessa’s Baked Blintzes

A trio of sun-kissed macarons: violet, cinnamon-peach, and chocolate-passionfruit. Via Syrup & Tang.

Authentic Spaghetti Bolognese– at least one of thousands– but still undeniably delicious.

Sweet, sensuous raspberry macarons filled with bittersweet chocolate.

San Francisco’s version of a French classic– a luscious cherry clafoutis from Tartine.