After graduating from France's top pastry school at 17, Mathis Combaluzier is taking on a new challenge: opening a Nashville cafe with his dad.

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

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 ...

This article originally published at A former Ritz-Carlton chef is now making 5-star desserts at a Calif. casino.

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 ...

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

We all have a nostalgic connection to the sweet treats we ate as children — especially pastry chefs. Many of them pull inspiration from the textures and flavors of their favorite store-bought cookies, ...

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 … ...

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

If you’ve noticed the increasingly sparse dessert menus around D.C. lately or been disappointed that the sweet offerings are often basic and blah (panna cotta and bread pudding, we’re looking at you), ...