4+ mon, 1+ week ago   (571+ words) With Bakers’ Hangs, Downtime Bakery has made space for connection and commiserating. This excerpt was originally published in Pre Shift, our newsletter for the hospitality industry. Subscribe for more first-person accounts, advice, and interviews. Everyone needs a convenient, accessible place…...

4+ mon, 1+ week ago   (17+ words) Joe Termini explains why it’s more important than ever to keep his family’s bakery affordable...

9+ mon, 1+ week ago   (531+ words) This easy recipe for royal icing is the glue your gingerbread house needs Through the decades, royal icing has been the edible glue of choice when it comes to building gingerbread houses. Royal icing dries hard, doesn’t smudge or run,…...

9+ mon, 1+ week ago   (111+ words) From the royal icing to the gum drop garnishes, consider this the (literal) blueprint Growing up, I always envied the kids who built gingerbread houses at home. My family and I rarely baked together in Brooklyn: Like many Asian diaspora…...

9+ mon, 2+ week ago   (450+ words) Yule love our selection of jelly roll pans, mushroom decorations, a trusty kitchen tools for mastering the showstopping dessert That doesn’t mean it has to be daunting. Here’s a shoppable checklist for the mixers, piping bags, baking sheets, and all…...

9+ mon, 2+ week ago   (312+ words) The swirl; the cracks. Any avid watcher of The Great British Bake Off is familiar with the pitfalls of the Swiss roll, aka the roll cake, the yule log, the bûche de Noël. But this impressive-looking dessert — simply a sponge…...

10+ mon, 2+ day ago   (99+ words) The 2020s bakery boom birthed ingenuity and personal inquiry that continues to flourish in the country’s most exciting bakeries This year, we found ourselves settling into meals that felt exciting, confident, and joyful Eater’s picks for where to eat well, right…...

10+ mon, 3+ week ago   (318+ words) After the Cronut, the cruffin, and every other sweet version, savory croissants are finally the center of croissant innovation The growing interest in savory pastries can also burst apart some of those delineations between savory chefs and sweet ones. The…...