If you are looking for a crispy chicken wings recipe that doesn't involve any deep-frying, then give my Crispy Baked Lemongrass Chicken Wings recipe a try.
Filled flat pastries are an ancient, universal comfort food. Tarts can be elegant. Yet they're primordial in principle, made to be their own packaging, made to be eaten hand-to-mouth.
With the help of Mark Haskell Smith, L.A. Times contributor and author of the forthcoming novel "Baked," we came up with this list of 10 choice books ...