pastry

Recipes

• Briget’s Onion and Feta Cheese Tart
  Using frozen puff pastry saves time
• Mini Éclairs with Meyer Lemon Filling
  Tiny pastries laced with tart lemon cream
• Black Bean and Plantain Empanadas
  Cheating with frozen puff pastry...
• Apple Turnovers
  Cheating with frozen puff pastry
• Apple Tarts with Apple Ice
  A marriage of sweet, sour, warm, and cold
• Jewish Purim Hamantaschen with Poppy Seed Filling
  A great sweet even if you don't celebrate Purim
• Salmon en Croûte
  Cheating with frozen puff pastry ...
• Beer Biscuits
  Add some cheddar and it's nearly a meal
• Apricot and Sweet Cherry Pandowdy
  Shards of almond crust make it anything but dowdy

Grinders

• Better Than Butter?
  No butter? No shortening? Use olive oil for your pie crust.

Picks

• Measure for Pleasure
  With couverture wafers you can channel your inner pastry chef, or just sneak a chocolate snack.

Stories

• You Say Farine, I Say Flour
  There’s a difference between French and American flour. Croissant-makers beware!
• The Rise of the Salt Tooth
  The craze for salted sweets
• Chocolate Croissants and Peppermint Mocha Frap
  Seasonal flair from Starbucks
• Farewell to Hydrocolloids
  Chef Alex Stupak’s Mexican food dreams