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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Westend61 / Getty Images You might think that professional pastry chefs bake everything from scratch — that they’ve come up with a ...

Nicolas Guercio, the executive pastry chef at Hôtel Lutetia. Julie Limont Guercio, who at one point also wanted to be a motorcycle cop, took a circuitous route to find his dream job. Despite his ...

There’s a cliché in the restaurant industry that line cooks are afraid of pastry. They’ll complain it’s too precise, requires too much measurement. Add to that the fact that most culinary schools silo ...

I loved journalism, but baking is what is really authentic to me, and I knew I had to make a change.

Editor's Note: "Breaking Bao" is a cookbook that has 88 creative and delicious recipes focusing on Asian ingredients and techniques. It's an ideal book for the upcoming season to make delightful items ...

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, ...

Unless you’re a professional pastry chef, you probably make just a couple of pies a year — at most. As we head into peak pie-baking season, we talked to people who bake hundreds of pies each year, and ...

If you’ve noticed the increasingly sparse dessert menus around D.C. lately or been disappointed that the sweet offerings are often basic and blah (panna cotta and bread pudding, we’re looking at you), ...

Croissants and macarons are just the beginning. Here are 10 traditional French pastries you don’t want to miss.

You might think that professional pastry chefs bake everything from scratch — that they’ve come up with a recipe for every dough, frosting, and filling. But even the pros appreciate a good shortcut … ...