Dessert

Last spring, I was catering a baby shower when disaster struck my planned dessert table collapsed under humid weather conditions....

The first time I witnessed a customer’s face light up after biting into an apple pie enchilada, I knew we’d...

Last winter, I watched a master pastry chef at Le Bernardin spend thirty minutes just examining different peanut butters under...

The scent of cinnamon and vanilla wafting through a warm kitchen on Christmas Eve has a way of stopping time...

I’ll never forget the first time I witnessed a room full of hardened pastry chefs go completely silent. It was...

I’ll never forget the first time I tasted an authentic Key lime pie in a tiny diner outside Marathon, Florida....

Last month, I served this mousse to a table of food critics without mentioning the cottage cheese. They raved about...

I’ll never forget the first time I watched a pastry chef spin sugar into cotton candy at a high-end restaurant....

Last Tuesday, I watched a seasoned pastry chef at Le Bernardin nearly throw away an entire batch of carrot cake...

Last summer, I watched a nine-year-old girl at a birthday party take one bite of brownie fruit pizza and declare...