pastry
A History of Stargazy Pie, England's Strangest Christmas Dish
Stargazy pie is an odd-looking invention—a dish where fish gaze up at the sky from a buttery crust—but it's more, too. It's said to be born of famine.
Apple Pie Recipe
Pick a combination of apple varieties for a balance of acid, sugar, and tannin in your pie. But remember that apples must be ripe for full flavor. If the seeds are darkening, the apple is mature.
Making Your Own Scotch Eggs Is Easier Than It Looks
You too can make the classic deep-fried egg snack.
How-To: Make Borek with Action Bronson and His Aunt
Watch as Mr. Wonderful and his aunt teach you how to make borek, a stuffed puff pastry pie of sorts that she fills with sautéed ground beef and onion.
American Grocery Chain Rips Off the Sausage Roll and Brits Are Outraged
“I dare you to walk into Greggs and ask for a 'Puff Dog.’”
This Woman Ditched Her Software Career to Make Weed Desserts For a Living
“I didn’t know anything about cannabis,” she laughs. “All I knew was what the leaf looked like.”
Inside the Willy Wonka Baklava Factory of Turkey
Gaziantep, located in southeast Turkey at the crossroads of the Mediterranean and Mesopotamia, is the pistachio capital of the country. Coincidentally, Gaziantep is home to some of the world’s the best baklava.
Take a Bite Out of Art Disguised as Deliciously Savory Pastries
How a little bit of borrowed inspiration from MC Escher is turning up the volume on savory pastries.
Why Swedes Are Trying to Preserve a Pastry That Could Break Your Teeth
Skånsk Spettkaka is a Swedish egg-based pastry that looks like housing material and has been described to taste like a cross between styrofoam and straight sugar.
We Asked Nigella Lawson for Her Christmas Dinner Game Plan
“Write a list of everything you plan to cook on Christmas Day,” advises Nigella Lawson, TV chef and unrivalled domestic goddess. “Then go away, drink a cup of tea, and strike out about half the dishes you’d planned.”
San Francisco’s Most Beautiful Hot Dog Isn’t a Hot Dog at All
Nick Muncy, the inventive pastry chef at San Francisco's lauded restaurant Coi, always wanted to be an artist. “In high school it was more like, 'What’s a more realistic job that involves that?'”
Eating Every Ginsters Pasty I Could Find in a Suburban Petrol Station
Ginsters readymade sausage rolls and Cornish pasties are a British petrol station staple. I set myself the challenge of eating the entire range of pastry-flaked meat tubes—in a Shell garage forecourt, obviously.