When I was a young teenager, I was a Girl Scout. My troop was small, comprising fewer than 10 girls from Grand Isle County. As a troop, we only lasted for a year or two. Still, some of the memories of ...

I first made choux pastry in high school for a French class assignment, and I was fascinated. Since then, chocolate-glazed raspberry eclairs have been my favorite pastry to make. I garnish each eclair ...

When it comes to pastries, the French set the standard. Just take the eclair. The word means lightning and is so named because it is eaten in a flash. How could you not? These fluffy, oblong pastries ...