That's where puff pastry comes in. Find it in the frozen aisle of your grocery store, and use it to make a variety of ...

Puff pastry is the ultimate shortcut to making people think you're a baking wizard. You can turn out gorgeous, flaky pastries ...

A galette is always an easier move than pie (rustic, un-crimped edges are our friends), but this one goes a step further. Instead of making dough from scratch, all you have to do is unwrap a sheet of ...

With a few store-bought ingredients, you can quickly whip up a puff pastry apple strudel for a delicious and easy twist on ...

Garten demonstrated how to make her spinach in puff pastry recipe during an episode of Barefoot Contessa. She started by making a savory filling, first cooking onions in butter and then adding garlic.

Every once in a while you stumble upon a culinary trick that changes your life in the kitchen. Learning how to peel ginger with a spoon. Finding out how to save a broken sauce. Figuring out how to ...

I don't know why we only use puff pastry around the holidays. It's such an easy and wonderful thing. Throw a square on top of a pot pie, and now it's elegant. Wrap it around a little sausage and ...

From brunches to intimate dinner parties, it’s always helpful to have a few back-pocket “secret weapons” when it comes to cooking for a crowd. No matter the time of year, there’s always a seasonal ...

My basement looks like a Williams-Sonoma store — if Williams-Sonoma had a thrift shop division. I have amassed an extensive collection of cooking implements during my visits to thrift and antique ...

Shrimp Newburg in Puff Pastry Shells is an easy, but elegant entrée for your next dinner party or special dinner. Succulent shrimp in a spicy cream sauce spooned on crispy puff pastry says it all! Don ...

While demonstrating how to make her easy cacio e pepe cheese puffs recipe on the Barefoot Contessa cooking show, Garten explained that the name means “cheese and pepper.” She started by heating milk ...