Add to that the fact that most culinary schools silo savory and pastry, and the result is that many chefs have zero experience making desserts. For some chefs, though, the magic is in the crossover.

Dominique Lombardo, executive pastry chef at New York's Rezdôra Osteria Emiliana calls the extensive book "always reliable," adding that it's a "good go to book when you need a base recipe to ...

For the Barcelona-born pastry chef, turning a 1970s detached house in Dublin 22 into an eat-it-with-your-eyes specimen served as proof that some skills are truly transferable. Before he moved to ...

greasy pastry (hence the tales of pastry chefs working on marble worktops in freezing rooms). You can pop the butter in the freezer for 15 minutes before you begin, and add ice cubes to your water ...

For some chefs, the magic is in the crossover. 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 ...

Daniela De Lorenzo is a Oslo-based reporter covering sustainability. MADRID, SPAIN - MAY 13: The pastry chef makes San Isidro doughnuts with a pastry bag in the Horno de ... [+] San Onofre ...

As someone who likes home-cooked pasta and experimenting with her favourite ingredients, eggs, butter, and flour, mainly because she is a pastry chef, Santana Pillay said her goal was to learn as ...

Celebrated chef Tom Kerridge hosts the search for Britain's best team of pastry chefs. The teams must create elaborate patisserie and desserts for judges Benoit Blin, Claire Clark and Cherish Finden.

To make your cookie recipe stand out, use better chocolate, said Krystal Craig, the head pastry chef, chocolatier, and co-owner of Intero. "Go by your personal taste in terms of using milk or dark ...