If you haven’t heard of pastry chef Crystal Cullison, you might begin hearing more about her now. Her milk chocolate and salted caramel semifreddo and other desserts on the menu of the recently opened ...

Unless you’re a professional pastry chef, you probably make just a couple of pies a year — at most. As we head into peak pie-baking season, we talked to people who bake hundreds of pies each year, and ...

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 ...

Each cup of coffee at Le Benh Patisserie is made by the slow drip method and the bakery’s owner, Kim Wood, wouldn’t have it any other way. “With a machine you can make more money, but then you don’t ...

Achieve flaky, buttery layers with minimal effort. The toughest part about hosting isn’t creating the perfect menu or designing a gorgeous tablescape; it’s grocery shopping. Picking out the right ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Before filming Season 1 of the FX hit “The Bear,” actor Lionel Boyce was sent to stage at Elske in Chicago’s West Loop. In preparation for his role as Marcus ...

This is Part Two of our interview with Altamare pastry chef Crystal Cullison. You can read part one here. What’s your favorite dessert to make? My favorite thing to make is my favorite thing to eat is ...