For some chefs, the magic is in the crossover. Yudi Ela / Courtesy of Otter Scallops Divorciado at the NYC restaurant Otter. There’s a cliché in the restaurant industry that line cooks are afraid of ...

There is nothing quite like an incredible, homemade pastry fresh from the oven. From crisp, flaky layers to fillings of fresh ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Westend61 / Getty Images You might think that professional pastry chefs bake everything from scratch — that they’ve come up with a ...

Whether it's layered in a Boston cream pie or used as a filling in a chocolate eclair, nothing makes for a more decadent dessert than pastry cream. This creamy dessert component is somewhere in the ...

Only a few simple ingredients are required to make choux pastry at home. Choux pastry can be used for éclairs as well as sweet and savory cream puffs like gougères. It's important to exercise patience ...

Scrolling through your social media feed, you've no doubt seen all manner of golden puff pastry nestled over a variety of sweet and savory fillings and baked to flaky perfection. It’s no surprise this ...

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 … ...