Baking is baking, right? So a pastry chef is just a baker with a fancier title, right? Wrong. We explain the difference ...

Article continues below The trick to identifying each pastry type is all in the topping pattern. This tasty trivia hit the spotlight on social media after Sam Quek, the Strictly Come Dancing ...

There is an old cooks' saying that people with cold hands are good at making pastry. Shortcrust, puff pastry and their relatives need to be kept cool for best results. This means chilling the ...