Greater love hath no cook . . . than making puff pastry for his heart’s desire. It’s among the most arduous of kitchen jobs, right up there with peeling chestnuts and filling and sealing your own ...

Some of the handsomest items on the pastry tray in a good restaurant or bake shop are the rectangular Napoleons, their white toppings covered with decorative lines of dark chocolate. When you cut into ...

For a few hours on Saturday, the inside of Madeline’s Pastry Shop in Laguna Hills is going to be transformed into a world record proving ground. Volunteers will be assembling what they hope will be ...

Thaw the puff pastry according to the package directions. Preheat the oven to 400 degrees and cover a baking sheet with parchment paper. Unfold both sheets of pastry and divide each into thirds by ...

There are plenty of places in the Valley crafting delicate French macarons, and the popularity of these sweet little sandwich-like confections has been on the rise for years. But few places other than ...