Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Lew Robertson / Getty Images We all have a nostalgic connection to the sweet treats we ate as children — especially pastry chefs.

SAN FRANCISCO Yoshi’s, welcomed the opportunity and additional work when her responsibilities expanded to include the dessert menu at the Japanese restaurant’s sister location in Oakland, Calif.

Martha Cheng is a writer and editor based in Honolulu and has been writing about Hawai‘i for almost two decades. Pastry chefs are back. During the pandemic, they were often the first to be cut as ...

Making laminated doughs—including croissants, kouign-amann, or puff pastry—is certainly a labor of love. While you can absolutely DIY if you have the patience and precision, even professionals admit ...

North Carolina chefs, pastry chefs, and mixologists are competing in the 2025 Chef Showdown. Wilmington-area competitors include chefs, pastry chefs, and mixologists from various restaurants and ...

For the last several years, I’ve noticed a terrifying trend: Major magazines and food publications say that pastry chefs are going extinct. As a pastry chef myself, this is bad news, to say the least.

Dessert menus are often designed to impress, but experienced pastry chefs know that not every sweet finish is worth the fork. Some desserts are red flags because they’re rushed, poorly executed, or ...