Martha Cheng is a writer and editor based in Honolulu and has been writing about Hawai‘i for almost two decades. Pastry chefs are back. During the pandemic, they were often the first to be cut as ...

Pastries and pies, cookies and cake, tarts and treats … these “dessert stomach” goods are a gift from culinary science we can thank pastry chefs for. Specially trained in the science of baking (and ...

A master pastry chef is a sugar alchemist, crafting intricate, eye-catching creations and turning chocolate into sculptures and meringue into clouds. Though their desserts are still satisfying local ...