Desserts, pastries & wine

Doreen Durano Chatfield's daytime pastries and luscious dinner desserts at Caramel Bakery & Dessert Bar have been fine with a cup of strong coffee, but often they cried out for a little something ...

Test kitchen help

Training wheels for cooks.

Baker Takes the Cheese and Adds Cake

Although she recently ordered 22 pounds of chocolate, Mikie DiMuro was not suffering from a chocoholic episode. Rather, as the owner and sole employee of a local wedding cake business, she was stocking her larder for the upcoming nuptial season. Once a staid, fondant-laced confection, modern wedding cakes often serve as a beacon of the wedded couples personality and the flavor possibilities are ...

Big Dipper a cool delight at Elm Park

Who isn't happy when they're eating ice cream?

DISHING IT OUT: Correct technique is the key

(Editor's note: This is the second of a two-part column on Café Brio in Arcata and its chef, Chrissy Gierek.) Café Brio's chef, Chrissy Gierek, received her formal education at the French Pastry School of Chicago.