Recently, I found myself confronted with the tragedy of a bread-less household. Nary a stray tortilla, bread-heel, or crust in sight, my traditional weekend breakfast sando seemed hopelessly ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Homemade profiteroles with cream - Anna Makarenkova/Getty Images Pâte à choux is a posh name for what the rest of us mere mortals ...

Whether you realize it or not, choux pastry (or pâte à choux) is the foundation for so many delicious desserts like eclairs and cream puffs. Yes, it is a major part of the French pastry arts—which ...

In French a small appetizer is sometimes called a petite bouchée, which means "little mouthful." These are made of a pastry filled with a savory mixture of ingredients. One of my favorite little ...

FIRST, a French friend brings a spectacular homemade dessert to dinner. It’s a Paris-Brest -- a large ring of choux paste sliced horizontally, filled with praline pastry cream and whipped cream and ...

PITTSBURGH - Adam Bates didn't set out to be a pastry chef, let alone one creating gorgeous European-style desserts. His mother, a good cook, always made dinner for his older brother, Colin, and him ...