pastries
Fermented Beef Glaze Is the Secret to the Best Danishes
At Noma's sister restaurant 108, chef Kristian Baumann is trying to make more than just the perfect croissant.
The Best Part of German Cuisine Has Always Been the Pastries
It’s not just the skin-hued sausages and boiled cabbage that lend to Germany’s “unsexy” food appeal—in Berlin, it can feel downright impossible to find a proper meal. The glaring exception are the pastries, which are an entrenched part of German...
The Quest for the Perfect Cannolo
Roberto Chemi, the self-proclaimed “Cannoli Wizard” of Taormina, cautiously revealed the secrets to his perfect pastries to me—and explained why he sells sweets that are named after the Mob.
Sink Your Teeth into These Squid Ink Garlic Buns
On any given day, this outpost of a popular Taiwanese bakery franchise in Pasadena, California churns out anywhere from 2,000 to 3,500 pieces of bread, including these pitch black "Japanese Calamari Sticks."
I Had the Most European Day I Could Before the UK Leaves the EU
You can take Britain out of Europe, but you can't take the European out of Britain.
Scientists Have Found a Way to Make Gluten-Free Bread that Doesn’t Suck
Scientists from Italy claim to have isolated a protein in corn called zein, which much like gluten, imparts an elastic-y texture into bread.
Shocking New Figures Suggest That Britain May Be Eating Less Snacks
A new report from market research agency Mintel shows that Britain’s consumption of chocolate, cake, and crisp snacks has fallen over the past year.
Asia Is Cutting Back on Rice in Favor of Good Old Gluten
The wheat market is surging in Asia as rice consumption continues to decline. Who can resist the allure of pastries, pizza, and grab-and-go sandwiches?
Calcutta's Last Jewish Bakery Makes the Best Bengali Desserts
After many of Calcutta’s “Baghdadi Jews” emigrated following Indian independence in 1947, Nahoum and Sons stands as the city’s only Jewish bakery. “Tourists from Middle East visit but our customer base is 99.9 percent non-Jewish now,” says owner Isaac...
Taipei Is Finally Weird Enough for Its Own Voodoo Doughnut
Taipei is often overlooked in favor of Bangkok and other major Asian cities. But they're finally getting a little recognition in the form of Portland's cult doughnuts.
Someone in Los Angeles Ordered One Million Doughnuts from a French Bakery
An unidentified Los Angeles customer placed an order with a French industrial bakery for one million doughnuts last week. Insert Homer Simpson joke here.
Brighton Beach Is a Paradise of Pickles and Cow Feet
To learn more about the salty fish and cabbage that I'd briefly flirted with in my youth, I headed to Brighton Beach—a middle-class, heavily Jewish, and Russian-speaking neighborhood deep in the southern part of Brooklyn—for a bit of former Soviet...