A lemon meringue pie is a show-stopping treat when piled high with whipped egg whites and then delicately toasted to perfection. However, assembling this beautiful dessert can be quite a challenge.

Meringue is essentially whipped egg whites and sugar. When egg whites and sugar are whipped together into stiff peaks, you form very stable air pockets which allow Japanese pancakes to puff up ...

and remains trapped when the whisked egg whites are folded into meringues, mousses or soufflés and baked. Egg whites will whisk to a greater volume when they're at room temperature than when ...

sometimes called meringue Suisse, which is just egg whites and sugar whisked until stiff); Italian meringue, which is made with a hot sugar syrup; and cooked meringue, which is made by whisking ...

PITTSBURGH — Eggs have been a baker’s best friend for, well, maybe forever. They help bind everything in a recipe together ...