I will be working and staying very close to the Marylebone tube stop and in search of good London food that I cannot easily get in NYC (i.e. fish & chips, bangers & mash, Indian...). If there is something else that I should try,... (11 replies, last updated by loobcom August 31, 2007)

Is there a nice/comfortable Cafe or Breakfast place near the Green Park Tube Station – I need to park my girlfriend somewhere in the morning so she can have her coffee and tobacco and read the paper – otherwise she... (6 replies, last updated by mr_creosote June 28, 2008)

. To get the ball rolling, here’s a report on a mini cannolithon I conducted a couple of years ago. Here’s hoping we’ll get some reports on Alati’s stuffed pastry tubes soon. The recent discussion on cannoli... (12 replies, last updated by plumeria August 5, 2008)

Hi.....in mid-April we have a flat very close to the Old Street Tube. I’ve read some of the other posts and have copied the places recommended near Spitafields and some near the Angel Tube....I am looking for... (4 replies, last updated by fran194848 March 27, 2007)

Searching for a good veggie korma recipe today, I came across this lovely Indian lady who is cookin' up Indian staples on YouTube. I am a bit intimidated by Indian cooking and disappointed in the lack of PBS and Food Network... (41 replies, last updated by GregBp May 10, 2008)

Can anyone recommend a good pastry and coffee place in London in Kensington (near the Kensington Hilton would be ideal)? Many thanks. (4 replies, last updated by peter hall April 26, 2006)

Recently in Rome I fell in love with a little Italian pastry (which since I generally don’t have a very high opinion of Italian pastry, was a pleasant surprise). I never managed to write down the name, although I remember... (10 replies, last updated by roxy_nyc April 7, 2008)

shortbread is pastry-like, it’s not the same as pastry. If you want a particularly cookie-like crust (like pate sucre) this works really well. For a more tender crust and less crisp/flaky/breaky, I think working it in with... (6 replies, last updated by gourmaise August 25, 2003)

My husband, daughter and I will be in Paris the week of Thanksgiving. I have found lots of lists of great bakeries and pastry shops—which we will check out. Once we get there, what specific pastries should we sample? Last... (44 replies, last updated by parislovernyc November 18, 2009)

it appears to be a fried pastry, made of either a yeasted dough or pate choux, forced through a pastry tube ina round or circular shape, deep fried and filled with a vanilla pastry cream, often dusted with sugar or... (11 replies, last updated by nessy March 19, 2009)

Hello everyone :) Just wondering if there’s a difference between cake flour and pastry flour... I wanted to bake my friend a cake for her birthday and found a chocolate cake recipe that asked for cake flour. Well I went to... (17 replies, last updated by cbitts May 11, 2008)

A pound cake recipe that I want to try says to pour the batter into two 6-inch tube pans. First, what’s a tube pan? Second, could I just use a regular 9" cake pan instead? (3 replies, last updated by pastrygirl March 29, 2003)

Try adding some grated parmesan and dillweed to the dough, then stuff with a smoked salmon/cream cheese mixture, using a pastry tube and plain tip. (5 replies, last updated by toodie jane January 1, 2008)

Bonjour Capt! Sorry for the delay in responding to your request. One of the best Paris boulangeries is in the rue de Belleville. Called Desfoux, it is between the tube subway stations Jourdain and Pyrenees. While you’re there,... (3 replies, last updated by Maurice Naughton March 19, 2006)

Rodman’s on Wisconsin has it in the baking goods section— Odense brand in the tubes and one brand in a can. Rodman’s is a couple of blocks south of the Friendship Heights station Jenifer street exit. They may... (5 replies, last updated by Sean D April 6, 2009)