This trick turns a nostalgic staple into a more elegant treat that kids and adults alike will enjoy. You can even give it ...

You can't get through a couple of episodes of "The Great British Baking Show" without seeing at least one baker work with puff pastry. It's tantalizing to watch the contestants flip, turn, and ...

These Jamaican-inspired beef hand pies aren't trying to recreate a traditional patty—they're built around making something ...

Pâte à choux is a versatile dough that can be sweet or savory. Here's how to make it correctly. Allie has been Lifehacker’s Food Writer since 2021. She earned her bachelor’s degree at Ithaca College ...

Claire is Lifehacker's Senior Food Editor. She has a B.S. in chemistry, a decade of food journalism experience, and a deep love for mayonnaise and MSG. Though I like to bake, I don’t consider myself a ...

Though it may seem intimidating, making cream puffs, éclairs, or an impressive croquembouche is possible at home. But it's important to get the building blocks of these desserts down first. Each of ...

Back in April, I visited a restaurant in the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, D.C. (one of my favorite food and restaurant cities in the country) that knocked my socks off. Mind you, the rest of ...

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The smell of warm bread hangs in the air at one of Benoit Castel's patisseries in Paris, where the newly crowned world's best pastry chef was hard at work testing new recipes. Dressed in his white ...

MADRID, SPAIN - MAY 13: The pastry chef makes San Isidro doughnuts with a pastry bag in the Horno de San Onofre, on 13 May, 2021 in Madrid, Spain. The different types of donuts such as the silly, the ...