Alice Medrich

A little yogurt makes a flaky piecrust extra tender and the butter taste extra good!

For many years this was my classic rich butter glaze for chocolate tortes.

Medrich's version of these golden orange yam and coconut cookies from Spain is delicate and flavorful.

Cocoa brownies have the softest center and chewiest candylike top "crust" of all because all of the fat in the recipe (except for a small amount of cocoa butter in the cocoa) is butter, and all of the sugar is granulated sugar rather than the finely milled sugar used in chocolate. Use the best cocoa you know for these fabulous brownies.