FIRST, a French friend brings a spectacular homemade dessert to dinner. It’s a Paris-Brest -- a large ring of choux paste sliced horizontally, filled with praline pastry cream and whipped cream and ...

Essentially oversized profiteroles or cream puffs with a peach twist. The choux pastry is light and crisp, filled with softly whipped vanilla cream and fresh slices for a fresh, juicy contrast.

Juicy fruits, lamb steaks and crispy buns bring lingering joy as summer wanes The smell of baking still lingers. Toasty and warm. On the table, a tray of choux buns, small, crisp and walnut brown. I ...

You can top them with freeze-dried raspberries, or a sprinkling of edible rose petals, and some chopped pistachio nuts work nicely if added before the ganache sets. Not all white chocolate is created ...

Air fryers make short work of the choux pastry for these ring-shaped buns with a cinnamon glaze I was sceptical about using an air fryer for baking, but it really does work – we even set air-fryer ...

Recently, I found myself confronted with the tragedy of a bread-less household. Nary a stray tortilla, bread-heel, or crust in sight, my traditional weekend breakfast sando seemed hopelessly ...

1 vanilla bean, split lengthwise, seeds scraped out and reserved 1. Combine the egg yolks and one-third of the sugar in a bowl and whisk to a light ribbon consistency, about 3 to 4 minutes. Add the ...