If you haven’t heard of pastry chef Crystal Cullison, you might begin hearing more about her now. Her milk chocolate and salted caramel semifreddo and other desserts on the menu of the recently opened ...

Unless you’re a professional pastry chef, you probably make just a couple of pies a year — at most. As we head into peak pie-baking season, we talked to people who bake hundreds of pies each year, and ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Before filming Season 1 of the FX hit “The Bear,” actor Lionel Boyce was sent to stage at Elske in Chicago’s West Loop. In preparation for his role as Marcus ...

Each cup of coffee at Le Benh Patisserie is made by the slow drip method and the bakery’s owner, Kim Wood, wouldn’t have it any other way. “With a machine you can make more money, but then you don’t ...

Here’s the thing about pastry chefs; they know exactly how much effort (or shortcut) goes into a dessert. While most diners see a molten chocolate cake or crème brûlée and think “treat,” chefs see ...

This is Part Two of our interview with Altamare pastry chef Crystal Cullison. You can read part one here. What’s your favorite dessert to make? My favorite thing to make is my favorite thing to eat is ...