A long line of late-night dessert enthusiasts overcome by a gnawing sweet tooth spills out the front doors of Saffron and Rose Ice Cream most Friday nights. The shop, with its floral and aromatic ...

Inspired by burfi — a fudgy, milk-based South Asian sweet — Hetal Vasavada makes a pistachio bark topped with melted white chocolate, edible flowers, and just a touch of 24-karat gold or pure silver ...

Here we've got a delectable phirni recipe packed with rose essence, cardamom powder and crunchy nuts. It is the perfect sweet treat you can make at home for any festival or special occasion. Simmer ...

This Turkish semolina pudding is scented with saffron and cardamom and dotted with pistachios. This flour helva is a popular dessert at senior drinks editor Oset Babür-Winter’s table. She and her ...

I know what you’re thinking: Enough with the chicken soup, already! Yes, yes — this is the third story in our series. (Here is the first, and the second.) The soup I want to tell you about now will be ...

It’s hot outside. Naturally all you want is a cooling scoop or two of ice cream. But why settle for your everyday flavours? Instead, take a trip to the Middle East. Have you heard of Saffron Malaysia, ...

From jalebi and royal falooda to pista burfi bark, each Diwali dessert in this festive lineup delivers big flavor, celebratory color, and crowd-pleasing ease. Molly McArdle is Food & Wine's Updates ...