Pretty fruit tarts will have your guests oohing and aahing at dessert time. Puff pastry shells cradle a luscious vanilla pastry cream (creme patissiere) topped with strawberries. Don't worry, it ...

This velvety smooth pastry cream is very easy to make. The pastry cream comes together in only 15 minutes, and the hardest part is letting it chill. Super creamy, there's a pop of vanilla flavor. Use ...

Pate a choux is the stuff of magic in the kitchen. Pipe a soft, sticky dough onto a baking sheet and slide it into a hot oven. In mere minutes the dough puffs up -- practically exploding to double, ...

In "Ice Cream Queen: Flavors from Black America's Past, Present & Future," author Lokelani Alabanza shares history, stories, techniques, recipes, and more.