Luckily, it's a lot more straightforward than you might think.

In case you haven’t heard, croissants are everywhere. You can find them in New York bakeries stuffed with pistachio cream or a subtle red bean paste. In some places, croissants are pressed into waffle ...

Professional bakers wish you would stop these simple holiday baking mistakes this season. Grab meat thermometers, kitchen ...

Whether you are considering a career in baking, or just curious about the job titles you see at your favorite restaurant, you may be wondering about the difference between a pastry chef and a baker.

Thanksgiving menu prep is stressful. And then there's the issue of actually cooking and baking everything properly. When it comes to desserts, pecan pie is a classic Thanksgiving treat. But even when ...

Martha Cheng is a writer and editor based in Honolulu and has been writing about Hawai‘i for almost two decades. Pastry chefs are back. During the pandemic, they were often the first to be cut as ...

Pastry chef Charmain Ware-Jason excels at intricate desserts, but American classics have her heart. Ware-Jason, 43, is the executive pastry chef at Tiny Lou’s, the acclaimed French restaurant at the ...

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Crystal Kass’ creative mind works overtime. “I can’t really turn my brain off ever,” the Valentine pastry chef says on a recent afternoon, sitting in the Melrose restaurant’s sibling Bar 1912. “I feel ...

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We all have a nostalgic connection to the sweet treats we ate as children — especially pastry chefs. Many of them pull inspiration from the textures and flavors of their favorite store-bought cookies, ...