I've been cooking off and on both professionally and at home for the last 15 years, but chocolate has never interested me. It always seemed too finicky, too exacting, too fickle a food to fuss with.

To make the zucchini trombetta quiche, first prepare the shortcrust pastry: pour the flour into a mixer with steel blades, add the cold butter from the fridge (1) and salt (2), and close with the lid, ...

Yu Zhaoji carves a pastry mold at his store in Guangzhou, Guangdong province, on May 19. HUANG SHUO/XINHUA GUANGZHOU — Yu Zhaoji worked swiftly yet steadily on a piece of wood using his specialized ...

A wooden pastry mold is among the items Yu Jinjiang collected during his travels around the country to explore traditional Chinese pastries. [Photo provided to China Daily] An exhibition showcasing ...

To make the crab meat tartlets, first wash, dry, and chop the parsley (1) and set it aside. Roll out the puff pastry on the work surface, place round molds with a diameter of 4 inches on top, and cut ...