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I considered many different formats for the cheeky sayings, like lollipops, cookies and cakes, but in the end decided to elevate the conversation a bit with hand-painted macarons. I began by making my...

“I was getting a liberal arts college education in New York, and I was passing out from boredom when someone was talking about their feelings in a writing class,” Zoe says. “I realized I am not good...

Indigenous to Mexico, as well as Central and South America, chocolate is the product of the cocoa or cacao bean, which grows on pod-like fruit from the cocoa tree. Aztecs were the earliest...

At the annual ICE Cuisine Course in France , which I have been running for almost 20 years, we have built croquembouches at a pastry shop, La Duchesse Anne, in Saumur. All ICE culinary and pastry...

The work of chopping — and the primary reason I think my roommate often chooses an elaborate, produce-heavy dish — provides a sense of focus and clarity, a kind of meditative state found in committing...

My whole, big Italian family is from Staten Island, where I was born and raised. That’s all I know. We had cookie days during the holidays and I fell in love with baking more than cooking, which I...

When Olivia was a toddler allergic to eggs and milk, her mom — unaware of any nut allergy — wiped a knife clean between cutting a peanut butter and jelly sandwich and Olivia’s cream cheese and jelly...

We ask Dana about what switched the light bulb and led to three locations, more than 80 macaron flavors, Instagram fame and an Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award since Dana's Bakery opened...

Britney W. is a Texas-native who will bring her experience from serving in the Navy to the pastry kitchens at ICE. She says the Navy taught her two things about cooking: the correlation of delicious...

Cashew Butter Blondies with Cashew Brittle Makes 18 servings For the Cashew Butter Blondies: 3 cup all purpose flour 4 teaspoon. baking powder ½ teaspoon. sea salt 3 cup cashew brittle 1 ½ cup...

Tropical Tea Ice Cream Sandwiches with Pineapple and Macadamina Nut Cookies Makes 1 dozen servings For the Tropical Tea Ice Cream: 2 cups milk 1 cup heavy whipping cream ½ cup sugar, divided ¼...