Three contestants, all from California, baked showstoppers for the series’ finale, where one pastry chef walked away with $50 ...

Cat‑themed Pastry Cat opens in East Sacramento with specialty cookies and laminated pastries. Weekend hours; expect sellouts.

A Michelin star pastry chef in SLO County has been competing in a national competition for the crème de la crème, and it ends ...

Nicolas Guercio, the executive pastry chef at Hôtel Lutetia. Julie Limont Guercio, who at one point also wanted to be a motorcycle cop, took a circuitous route to find his dream job. Despite his ...

Another Mother’s Day without my mom, and I’m filled with memories. Truth be told, my mother was not famous for her baking.

Whether you are considering a career in baking, or just curious about the job titles you see at your favorite restaurant, you may be wondering about the difference between a pastry chef and a baker.

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 … ...

There’s a cliché in the restaurant industry that line cooks are afraid of pastry. They’ll complain it’s too precise, requires too much measurement. Add to that the fact that most culinary schools silo ...