It sounds fancier than it actually is. Enrique Díaz/Getty Images It’s smooth, thick, and tricky to pronounce—it’s crème fraîche. But what is this mysterious cream, actually? Crème fraîche is a ...

A tub of crème fraîche is a weeknight saving grace for former assistant editor Lindsay Strand. Inspired by a test-kitchen visit from Portland chef Gabriel Rucker last year, she tosses crème fraîche ...

Q What is crème fraîche? Can you make it or buy it? A A rich-tasting cream, crème fraîche, pronounced “krem FRESH” is the French version of sour cream. Both crème fraîche and sour cream contain ...

Crème fraîche is a rich cultured cream that acts as a thickener in soups, a topping on pasta, as the base of creamy dips, and a delicious dollop of tangy cream on top of sweet desserts. It's made by ...

A: Pronounced “krem fresh” this rich-tasting cream is the French version of sour cream. Like sour cream, crème fraîche has a fermenting agent that thickens it. What’s different about creme fraiche is ...

Brette Warshaw is an editor at Apple News and has worked at publications such as Lucky Peach and Food52. Her book “What’s the Difference?: Recreational Culinary Reference for the Curious and Confused” ...

QUESTION: What is crème fraîche? It was an ingredient in a pumpkin tart recipe. — Peggy Moon, Sterling Heights. ANSWER: Pronounced “krem fresh” this rich-tasting cream is the French version of sour ...

YOU GO TO a restaurant, and there it is on the menu. Again. You read a food magazine, and it’s in the recipes. You see it on the shelf at specialty food stores. And you ask yourself, what the heck is ...

Q: What is creme fraiche? It was an ingredient in a pumpkin tart recipe. — Peggy Moon, Sterling Heights, Mich. A: Pronounced "krem fresh" this rich-tasting cream is the French version of sour cream.

No doubt the reason you ended up here sounds a little something like this: you were in a baking mood, ran your eye down a possible recipe, and found yourself stumped when you read about an ingredient ...