We nominate pumpkin pie. It’s ripe for a makeover: * It’s a relatively mild custard ready to accept a wide variety of flavors. * It’s equally at home in crumb crusts and pastry shells.

The “pumpkin ... When you top the pie with the meringue, have some fun with your spoon, pulling up tall peaks and creating low valleys. They’ll look even more dramatic once they’re ...

Adding Chinese five-spice powder to the filling may seem unorthodox, but two of its components (cinnamon and clove) can already be found in standard pumpkin-pie spice. The dramatic crust is ...

“Try this deep-dish pumpkin pie when you need to please both traditional ... details about the show-stopping star ingredient: “The dramatic crust is delightfully easy to create—just brush ...