Andrew Ham (SFS ’18), who tried the watermelon flavor, noticed the genuine taste of the fresh fruit and appreciated how closely his ice pop matched the flavor of a real watermelon. “It really does ...

Cobbler Of all the categories of desserts here, the cobbler is the most confounding. It doesn’t help that not everyone can agree on how the dish got its name. One theory is its easy-to-assemble ...

Noble Foods’ UK desserts brand Gu has launched a range of “festive” sweets in time for the Christmas period. The Gü Chocolate Bauble range includes two variants including Gü Splendidly ...

A biscuit, pie, or cake-topped fruit dessert that’s cooked in a covered Dutch oven or cast-iron skillet on the stove. Grunts are very similar to cobblers, but they are STEAMED instead of BAKED.

McDermott is the author of 14 cookbooks on Asian cuisine and desserts of the American South, including “Southern Pies” (Chronicle Books, 2010) and “Southern Cakes” (Chronicle Books, 2007).

Trompe-l'œil desserts are decorated to mimic mango, pistachio and an array of other produce and nuts. You can now find them all over L.A. We tried more than a dozen to find our favorites.

These classic American baked fruit desserts have common elements — which explains why they’re often confused for one another.