Pastries and pies, cookies and cake, tarts and treats … these “dessert stomach” goods are a gift from culinary science we can thank pastry chefs for. Specially trained in the science of baking (and ...

For many, a night out at a fancy restaurant isn't finished without dessert. After all, who wouldn't want to enjoy a sweet treat they don't have to bake themselves? Desserts that are tough to master or ...

Maddy Sweitzer-Lamme is a freelance food and travel journalist based in Philadelphia. She writes about all things restaurants, and loves giving readers the inside scoop. To me, there is no worse fate ...

As the grand finale of the meal, dessert is the last chance to impress your guests. This year, we called on independent restaurants across the country to show us their best desserts, and some truly ...

Portlanders are not big on dessert. It's not that we're health conscious, exactly—it's that we indulge elsewhere. Or so says Jeff McCarthy, the former pastry chef at closed-down Ten 01 and now with ...

My weakness for sugar often compels me to end every restaurant meal with dessert. But as a food critic who regularly dines out, I must exercise restraint. On the rare occasion when I don't, I often ...