Which supermarket shortcrust pastry puffs up proudly, and which comes up short?

Sold in the weeks leading up to Lent, this Italian pastry combines the best of fried dough and sweetness for a better version ...

This Polish bakery in Arizona draws regulars for unforgettable pastries, cozy counter culture, and old world flavors that ...

This braided apple cream cheese puff pastry is one of those desserts meant to be enjoyed warm, sliced thick, and topped with ...

Recently, I found myself confronted with the tragedy of a bread-less household. Nary a stray tortilla, bread-heel, or crust in sight, my traditional weekend breakfast sando seemed hopelessly ...

There is something special about a simple pastry filled with strawberry jam and baked until golden brown. These strawberry ...

he final flourish of your meal arrives at the table — a rich pudding of chocolate cremeux ("creamy" in French), candied pistachios, a crumble made from ground pistachios, and both dehydrated and ...

For the last several years, I’ve noticed a terrifying trend: Major magazines and food publications say that pastry chefs are going extinct. As a pastry chef myself, this is bad news, to say the least.

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 ...