The New Year doesn’t start for me until I’ve had galette des rois, the French pastry that hits shelves in early January to ...

In this edition of Entre Nous, we look at a tradition that nine out of ten French people partake in at some point in the month of January: eating "la galette des rois", or kings' cake. The pastry ...

It's very unlikely that the real Marie Antoinette callously decreed, "Let them eat cake." There's no historical record of ...

In this golden age of American bakeries, virtuosic pastries and delightful breads are close at hand, from coastal Maine to ...

Galette des rois (king cake) is a traditional almond cream and puff pastry cake eaten on January 6th to honor Epiphany.

Julie Hutton, owner and baker of Reve Patisserie, has made a name for herself in Santa Barbara’s pastry scene with her ...

After all, if the French celebrate their holidays with pastry towers of delicate croquembouche and feats of trompe l’oeil, turning cake into Yule logs, why can’t we? Whether you’re going Italian with ...

Burning a Yule log around Christmastime dates back to ancient Europe as a symbol of light, warmth and good fortune in the ...