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 ...

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 ...

COMPLETE WITHOUT SAMPLING THESE PETITE DELICACIES. >> IT IS A BURST OF FLAVOR AND THE SMALL LITTLE THING. >> NEEDHAM’S FRENCH PRESS BAKERY AND CAFE OFFERS A PIECE OF PARIS IN THE SUBURBS AND ITS ...

Pastries and pies, cookies and cake, tarts and treats … these “dessert stomach” goods are a gift from culinary science we can thank pastry chefs for. Specially trained in the science of baking (and ...