FIRST, a French friend brings a spectacular homemade dessert to dinner. It’s a Paris-Brest -- a large ring of choux paste sliced horizontally, filled with praline pastry cream and whipped cream and ...

Choux pastry is a pillar of the pastry world. Made out of a few pantry staples, this humble dough is the foundation of many sensational desserts. While you’ve surely seen it adorning bakery pastry ...

When it comes to cooking, Most people would agree that baking can be riddled with questions. Do I really need baking powder and baking soda? What’s the difference between cake flour and all purpose ...

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, ...

Recently, I found myself confronted with the tragedy of a bread-less household. Nary a stray tortilla, bread-heel, or crust in sight, my traditional weekend breakfast sando seemed hopelessly ...

Only a few simple ingredients are required to make choux pastry at home. Choux pastry can be used for éclairs as well as sweet and savory cream puffs like gougères. It's important to exercise patience ...

We all love choux, these fluffy buns from France, filled with custard or whipped cream ! Here is the simpliest recipe ever to achieve this classic pastry ! In a pot, put the water to heat with the ...

The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. It’s February and so many changes are being made already. Yet, I’m staying true to my plan to try new ...

MANILA, Philippines — What is a Choux au Craquelin? Choux is a pastry, more like pate choux, which is a bread-like pastry batter used to make cream puffs and eclairs. A craquelin is a thin cookie that ...