Fresh fruit cobblers are high on the list of summer eating's greatest hits. These rustic, old-fashioned desserts go by many names, like crisps, crunches, crumbles, grunts, buckles, and Bettys. Yet, ...

Fruit desserts like this Peach Cobbler are great in the winter, but made with summer fruit they're downright spectacular.KEVIN FUJII PHOTOS:/CHRONICLE I am the kind of cook who loves to improvise.

A magazine article about fruit cobblers caught my eye the other day. In the glossy pictures, colorful fruit bubbled out from under a variety of crusts: cut biscuits; drop biscuits; and even crumbled ...

Do you crave dessert but prefer less sugar and, in tandem, less guilt? Do you gravitate toward recipes that bake in no time and don’t heat your balmy summer kitchen much? Then you’re in luck, because ...

Recipes featured in Kathy Carrier's story. PREPARATION: In mixing bowl, combine sugar and cornstarch; toss with peaches. Add vanilla extract, cinnamon, nutmeg and orange juice. Place in large, greased ...

I would venture to say that apples are only second to pumpkins when we think of autumn produce. We have several orchards just outside our city that you can go and pick your own apples, and it's such a ...

For much of the past month, it feels as though I've been training for "The $25,000 Pyramid" game show. The category: fruit desserts. "What's the one made with the streusel?" a colleague said a couple ...

It’s hot out there. Some days are too hot to even murmur the word “baking.” But summer is the time for fruit and, if you’re anything like me, you want to take advantage of all those luscious berries ...

Do you crave dessert but prefer less sugar and, in tandem, less guilt? Do you gravitate toward recipes that bake in no time and don't heat your balmy summer kitchen much? Then you're in luck, because ...

Crisps, crumbles and betties all feature a crisp and clumpy topping of butter, sugar, flour and/or oatmeal. Cobblers are topped with a biscuit, pie dough or soft batter, with the dough or batter ...