A handful of D.C. names make the cut as the list of nominees dwindles, including a finalist for one of the top annual James Beard Awards.

For each day of the two years that Aubry Duenas owned and operated a Crumb Artisan Bakery at Micronesia Mall Pay-Less, she ...

Chef Ashleigh Shanti is up for a James Beard Foundation Media Award for her debut cookbook, “Our South: Black Food Through My ...

Two experienced pastry chefs hope to use their new shared commercial kitchen space and storefront to boost small local ...

The pastry and catering chef for Moerlein Lager House was recently a semifinalist in Buddy “Cake Boss” Valastro’s “The Greatest Baker” contest. I took to it at a young age. My mom’s one rule was as ...

So what made me say yes when The Ritz-Carlton, Sarasota invited me to spend an afternoon in their pastry department back in ...

I worked as a pastry chef at various times during my career, from wedding cake baker to fine dining dessert maker. If there’s one thing I learned during my tenure, it was the culinary adage, “don’t ...

Derin Yilmaz began her editorial work as a culture and entertainment writer, reviewing films, music, and TV. Her passion for food media ignited when she contributed to Sweet July, a lifestyle ...

Kev Shaw, of CommuniBakes in Shirley, is the brilliant baker passing on his love of baking to the next generation via ...

The three-unit Utah-based bakery-cafe chain brings fine-dining-level talent into a scalable concept known for speed of ...

“I’ll miss you tremendously,” wrote Crystal Kass, Hawk’s Valentine colleague and current James Beard Award nominee for Outstanding Pastry Chef or Baker. “But so happy for you and what ...

The deep brown stained shelving at the back of the shop that Gorski says serves as “sneaky storage” for front of house ...