French writer Marcel Proust’s novel *In Search of the Lost Time* features one of literature’s most famous pastries. The moment a piece of *Madeleine* soaked in black tea touches the tongue, ...

Uncovered manuscripts suggest the famous little French sponge cakes known as "Madeleines", that were made famous by writer Marcel Proust, actually began life as toasted bread. The "madeleines" -- ...

HyoJu Park and her chef-partner Rong Yao Soh both have Michelin-star cred. At their new Carlton bakery they use a meticulous approach to culinary arts honed in some of the world’s best kitchens to ...

I promised myself that I wouldn’t mention Marcel Proust, but there was no way around it. So I’ll tell you what you may already know: That lots of us have heard anything about the pretty, shell-shaped ...

Some of you may be familiar with Marcel Proust's seven-volume work À la recherché du temps perdu (usually translated as Remembrances of Things Past or In Search of Lost Time), either first-hand or ...

There are a few classics a serious baker must absolutely master. For the serious Francophile baker — or the baker with a literary interest — the list of classics most certainly includes a madeleine.

The sheer pleasure of baked goods is always transportive. By Hanya Yanagihara A huge cache of documents, which includes drafts of the famed madeleine passage, is for sale. France’s National Library is ...