Store-bought puff pastry can be a real lifesaver, as making the laminated dough at home can be a laborious and time-sucking process which even pros like to avoid. With its hundreds of flaky layers and ...

Every once in a while you stumble upon a culinary trick that changes your life in the kitchen. Learning how to peel ginger with a spoon. Finding out how to save a broken sauce. Figuring out how to ...

Every once in a while you stumble upon a culinary trick that changes your life in the kitchen. Learning how to peel ginger with a spoon. Finding out how to save a broken sauce. Figuring out how to ...

Puff pastry and phyllo (alternatively spelled “filo” or “fillo” and often referred to as ”phyllo dough” on store-bought packages) are both doughs that can be used in sweet and savory applications to ...

Puff pastry, that great kitchen essential, is the dream (and nightmare) of many pastry and baking lovers. Sweet or savory, in appetizers, main courses, sweets or desserts, its delicate crunchy layers ...

Sometimes you feel like you can’t win with people. Take kitchen shortcuts, for example. You suggest a shortcut or store-bought item to make a dish easier or faster, and you get dinged by purists who ...