Few things make people as nervous in the kitchen as making pastry dough. This is understandable because it’s easy to get wrong, and you can end up with something tough or soggy, instead of a light and ...

A perfect pie crust is so much more than the sum of its parts: flour, butter, water. How could these three basic ingredients combine to reach such tender, flaky, heavenly heights in your favorite pies ...

Dear Readers: Here are some ways that a pastry blender is handy around the kitchen. You can use it to: •blend avocados for guacamole •chop hard-cooked eggs •crush strawberries for strawberry shortcake ...