Advice on how to cut a cake—that ritualized moment of childhood birthdays and symbolic bride-and-groom bonding—usually centers on producing equal slices, to keep jealous kids from squawking and sugar ...

Imagine you are hosting a party and have invited a number of your close friends. The highlight of the event is a delicious-looking round cake. When the time comes for you to cut the slices and serve, ...

You, a pro cake eater, don't need instructions on how to cut a piece of cake. It's, well, a piece of cake, right? You, a pro cake eater, don’t need instructions on how to cut a piece of cake. It’s, ...

It’s a familiar scene. You’re standing closest to the birthday girl/boy, ready to pounce on your slice of iced goodness. But your overzealous proximity to the festivities sees you hired as the cake ...

Ariel Procaccia has thought a lot about how to cut cake over the last 15 years. That’s partly because the Harvard computer scientist has three children who among them have celebrated more than two ...