Pretty fruit tarts will have your guests oohing and aahing at dessert time. Puff pastry shells cradle a luscious vanilla pastry cream (creme patissiere) topped with strawberries. Don't worry, it ...

INGREDIENTS: • 6 frozen puff pastry patty shells • 6 eggs • 1 cup low-fat sour cream • 1 can (10.75 ounces) cream of mushroom soup • 1 teaspoon dried dill weed • Dash salt • 1/4 teaspoon pepper • ...

Pate a choux is the stuff of magic in the kitchen. Pipe a soft, sticky dough onto a baking sheet and slide it into a hot oven. In mere minutes the dough puffs up -- practically exploding to double, ...

A Shroom With a View This puff pastry is a cozy little gem with mushrooms, green onions, garlic, thyme, and parmesan. It’s kind of like your favorite sweater: warm, earthy, and quietly luxurious. I ...

But you can't ignore the cream puff's visual appeal of a pillowy white cloud within a golden brown shell. It promises fun. The fun either of making a sloppy mess with each bite that makes us feel like ...

Easter lunch is one of the most anticipated moments of spring: the table is filled with colors, scents and recipes that tell of tradition, conviviality and the desire to be together. Those who cook, ...

Love a good palmier, fruit tart or pastry-topped chicken potpie? Chances are you’re familiar with the flaky wonder that is puff pastry (not to be confused with phyllo dough). Puff pastry consists of ...

Sometimes you feel like you can’t win with people. Take kitchen shortcuts, for example. You suggest a shortcut or store-bought item to make a dish easier or faster, and you get dinged by purists who ...