Making puff pastry at home has always felt a little magical to me. Flour, butter, and time come together to create delicate flaky layers that rise in the oven without yeast or commercial leavening.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Marcus Nilsson Although puff pastry may not rank quite as high as chicken stock and canned beans on your must-have food staples ...

Every once in a while you stumble upon a culinary trick that changes your life in the kitchen. Learning how to peel ginger with a spoon. Finding out how to save a broken sauce. Figuring out how to ...

This Beignets with choux pastry dough recipe came to me on an old, tattered recipe card. I knew right away it was a keeper. Simple, straightforward, and absolutely delicious. Sometimes the best ...

I don't know why we only use puff pastry around the holidays. It's such an easy and wonderful thing. Throw a square on top of a pot pie, and now it's elegant. Wrap it around a little sausage and ...

RECENTLY, A WELL-MEANING person recommended Sharon Brenner’s “A Pie Project”—a digital cookbook devoted solely to Greek pies—specifically, the part where I could learn how to make phyllo dough from ...