Every home baker has read the same instruction printed at the top of nearly every cookie recipe ever written: "Use room ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. I worked as a pastry cook, but I grew up cooking and baking alongside my Southern mom. Her family's easy biscuit recipe calls for ...

If you've ever had a pastry and wondered, "How does one even create those tiny, delicate layers," keep reading, because we're ...

There’s nothing more disappointing than ending a great meal with a bad dessert.

Go get seconds of Pierino Jermonti's luscious caramel cheesecake creme brulee while you still can. T. Cook's executive pastry chef, who's been at the restaurant since 1996, is on his way out. Today ...

Joe Hickel brushed powdered sugar from his jeans and stepped back to look at his enormous gingerbread creation. Hotel Captain Cook guests and old friends paused to admire his work as they filtered by ...

Chef Pamela Roberts will show you fun things to do with the flaky, layered pastry. Don't let puff pastry intimidate you. Chef Pamela Roberts will show you fun things to do with the flaky, layered ...