Pastries and pies, cookies and cake, tarts and treats … these “dessert stomach” goods are a gift from culinary science we can thank pastry chefs for. Specially trained in the science of baking (and ...

Adriano Zumbo, aka the Dark Lord of the Pastry Kitchen, the Sweet Assassin and Lord Voldecake, will zoom in on Brevard to teach four patisserie classes Sept. 25 to 29 at Florida Academy of Baking in ...

Not every sweet ending deserves a standing ovation. Behind the glossy finishes and sugar highs, some desserts hide corner-cutting secrets that only a trained pastry chef would spot. Knowing the ...

Here’s the thing about pastry chefs; they know exactly how much effort (or shortcut) goes into a dessert. While most diners see a molten chocolate cake or crème brûlée and think “treat,” chefs see ...

Tremendously popular and widely consumed, chocolate is an essential ingredient on any respectable dessert menu. But with almost all restaurants offering at least one chocolate dessert at any given ...

Off-season has never been as sweet as this year with the inaugural Aspen Pastry Invitational from Oct. 17-19, presented by the Hotel Jerome, The Little Nell, and the Aspen Meadows. Local pastry chefs ...