On a recent visit to see my son at the University of California, Davis, I wandered into a lab at the Robert Mondavi Institute for Wine and Food Science … as one does. A bunch of students were ...

And this classic recipe, with its easy, buttery biscuits and simply macerated berries, is the one to make over and over. By Mia Leimkuhler Strawberry shortcake from “Jane Grigson’s Fruit Book,” ...

The heart of any great strawberry shortcake is the topping of lightly sugared, juicy, ruby-red strawberries. Our Strawberry Topping was perfect here; it had clean, pronounced berry flavor and a thick, ...