Our definitive guide to mastering laminated dough, and everything you need to make world-class pastries at home, from buttery danish to flaky pain au chocolat. Over the course of three months, F&W ...

The dream of baking perfect macarons and croissants often collides with the reality of cracked shells and butter-leaking dough, but 2026’s most trusted voices are changing the game. Claire Saffitz’s ...

Does anything in the baking realm rival a fresh croissant, the way its burnished shell shatters, then yields to the silky, bready, layered interior? Simply, the answer is no. A pastry as miraculous as ...