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 3 ingredients, which you mostly measure with your heart. After ...

"Brie wrapped in puff pastry and baked until it has thoroughly melted inside is one of the world's easiest yet tastiest appetizers. In this recipe the Brie is topped with raspberry jam, surrounded ...

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'm a former pastry cook, but I fell in love with cooking while working in the kitchen alongside my Southern mom as a kid. Being raised on gumbo, grits, and pimento cheese was an absolute gift, but ...

Making puff pastry at home has always felt a little magical to me. Flour, butter, and time come together to create delicate flaky layers that rise in the oven without yeast or commercial leavening.

A contestant competes during the 2025 International Cooking and Pastry Competition in Seoul, South Korea, May 24, 2025. Photo: Xinhua Visitors look at contestants' works at the 2025 International ...