Desserts

I’ll never forget the first time I served carrot cheesecake swirl at my restaurant’s spring menu launch. The pastry chef...

Last Easter, I watched a seasoned pastry chef nearly break down in tears when her signature chocolate cupcakes turned out...

Three years ago, I watched a pastry chef at Le Bernardin struggle with a simple request from the head chef:...

The first time I watched my grandmother pull a pan of carrot cake bars from her ancient Kenmore oven, I...

Last week, I watched a seasoned pastry chef reduce a room full of culinary students to stunned silence with nothing...

Every spring, like clockwork, I find myself elbow-deep in peanut butter and powdered sugar, making a mess I pretend not...

Every Easter morning when I was seven, I’d race downstairs to find those glossy chocolate eggs nestled in green cellophane...

I’ll never forget the first time I tasted a properly made lemon bar at a small patisserie in Lyon. The...

The first time I encountered a truly exceptional coconut cake was at a small bakery in Key West, where the...

I’ll never forget the first time I witnessed my grandmother’s banana cream pie disappear at a church potluck in under...