In the brief time toward the end of summer when Italian prune plums are available, a kuchen is an excellent way to use the fleshy fruits. Originally grown in France, these plums have thin skins and ...

There are as many types of kuchen recipes as there are German cooks, says reader Judi Sayler. “My kuchen recipes are handed down from my grandmother, who was a ‘German from Russia.’ She made several ...

Holly Coulson sent in two recipes for Aldona Collani of Saylorsburg. The recipes are for German Kuchen and Lithuanian Varskes Cepelinai (potato-cheese dumplings). The recipes are from Holly’s ...

Now’s the time to bake with Italian prune plums, those succulent dark purple fruits that are flooding farmers markets and supermarkets right now. Some even call them the zucchini of fruit! But let’s ...

German grandmothers have been passing along the kuchen tradition for generations: mixing up sweet yeast dough to form coffee cakes filled with fresh fruit of the season and rich, creamy custard made ...