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Does anyone out there know how I can make frosting flowers with multiple colors like the one on this link. (It’s from the NY Times, so you must register, but it is free) I haven’t done any work with a pastry bag, but...

I used to buy some wonderful pastries at a Washington DC bakery (Avignon Freres) and I’d like to make them but I can’t quite figure out how and would welcome suggestions. I think they took their leftover cake and...

The afternoon cake-and-coffee habit reimagined.

Crunchy peanut filling covered in milk chocolate.

Cookie crust and gooey caramel covered in milk chocolate.

A marriage of sweet, tart, warm, and cold.

Coconut and almond filling dipped in milk chocolate.

A versatile tart appropriate as an hors d’oeuvre or a dessert.

Nougat and peanut caramel covered in milk chocolate.

Hi, My friend and I were trying to figure out the name of the old pastry chef at Craft Bar...she made this apple turnover dessert—apple slices breaded and seasoned with cinnamon and sugar deep fried and served with...

I’m looking for the best pastry chef in LA, not including bakeries and cafes. Rather I want a plated dessert pastry chef. I feel sure that there have been other chains on this, but I couldn’t find something to fit my...

I am a NYC native visiting from SF. I will be here @ 8 days and am looking to eat desserts by some of NY’s top pastry chefs. Any must eats? I was a big fan of Claudia Fleming’s work, like bubble teas and fill my hot...

While I realize that, from a technical standpoint, Pastry Chefs (or Dessert Chefs) have some of the most difficult skills to master, I often find myself wondering if the job of Pastry Chef/Dessert Chef is one of the more...

A friend is moving to New York to study "Classic Pastry Arts" at the French Culinary Institute. If you wanted to “wow” a future pastry chef, where would you take her for dinner? And to which desserts would you give...