Have you ever taken a bite of a good croissant or a creamy crème brûlée and thought? I want to make something like that? If you still feel that way, you are probably ready to do something with your love for desserts. The good thing is. You do not have to go to Paris to...
The truth is, eggless baking has really improved a lot. We do not have to deal with flat or crumbly eggless baking anymore. Now you can find beautiful eggless cakes, pastries and desserts at expensive bakeries.. The good thing is, you can make these eggless cakes, pastries and desserts at home if you know the...
Amaury Guichon spent ten hours on a lion’s mane. Not the whole lion. Just the mane. The body had already taken four days to make and 180 pounds of dark chocolate using giant egg-shaped moulds, dark chocolate because its higher cocoa butter content makes it sturdier than milk. The tools he uses are not from...
If you walk into a high-end patisserie, the display case looks like a battlefield of terminology. To the uninitiated, everything is just “cake” or “pie.” But for a pastry student, the distinction between a Tart and a Torte is foundational. It is the difference between shortcrust and sponge; between structural snap and rich, flourless decadence....
If you ask this question to any seasoned pastry chef, they will tell you one common thing: that the kitchen is a laboratory, but the plate is a canvas. The moment a guest sits down at a high-end restaurant, there is a distinct “hush” that falls over the table when the dessert arrives. That moment...
A decade ago, anyone interested in pastry training considered moving abroad. Paris, maybe Singapore, sometimes Australia. Mumbai wasn’t even part of the conversation at all. One baked at home, maybe took a quick weekend class somewhere, but professional training? That happened elsewhere. The landscape of Bandra or Lower Parel looks completely different today. Proper artisan...
