It’s easy to become a better baker if you have these kitchen tools. Liv Dansky has worked for Food & Wine since 2019 as a recipe tester and developer and, more recently, as a writer. Her work can be ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Shestock / Getty Images Every home baker worth their salt probably knows liquid measuring cups and dry measuring cups are not the ...

The high stakes of the holiday season have an interesting way of making us question everything we thought we knew about cooking. Not only are we doubting every kitchen skill we've acquired throughout ...

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 ...

You might think that professional pastry chefs bake everything from scratch — that they’ve come up with a recipe for every dough, frosting, and filling. But even the pros appreciate a good shortcut … ...

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 ...

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 ...

© 2025 The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. All Rights Reserved. At the Vinings mainstay Canoe, executive pastry chef Jessica McKinney incorporates seasonal flavors ...

Pamela is a freelance food and travel writer based in Astoria, Queens. While she writes about most things edible and potable (and accessories dedicated to those topics,) her real areas of expertise ...

Culinary colleges in Kenya are witnessing a surge in students enrolling for pastry chef courses, driven by growing opportunities abroad and a shortage of skilled professionals locally.A few years ago, ...