So, imagine this: biting into savory mini pies with sweet apples and creamy provola cheese wrapped up in buttery puff pastry.

Every so often I get hungry for a pop-tart. Not the store-bought ones. Those taste like the cardboard box they are packaged in. I’m talking about a made-from-scratch, sweet-filled, flaky pastry with ...

Say the word "pastry" and what usually comes to mind are things like apple pie and eclairs or those tiny fruit-topped tarts filled with pudding. But the culinary world is blessed with foods such as ...