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 ...

There are unlimited options for wrapping your puff pastry around meat or cheese for a standout appetizer or main course. Wrap ...

Sometimes you feel like you can’t win with people. Take kitchen shortcuts, for example. You suggest a shortcut or store-bought item to make a dish easier or faster, and you get dinged by purists who ...

If you’re the sort of person who has the time to make puff pastry from scratch, I want to have your life. For the rest of us, there is frozen puff pastry, a wonderful and completely respectable way ...

Few frozen ingredients are as versatile as store-bought puff pastry. You can get all fancy — cutting it into shapes, topping them with multiple layers of precooked ingredients, crimping and brushing ...

Choosing the right butter when baking is likely a far more important consideration than you realize. Here's the best butter ...

Right now, at the peak of the holiday party season, there are three things the well-prepared host ought to have at the ready: a swanky outfit, a festive playlist — and a package of puff pastry. But ...

Sometimes you feel like you can't win with people. Take kitchen shortcuts, for example. You suggest a shortcut or store-bought item to make a dish easier or faster, and you get dinged by purists who ...

Puff pastry makes great tarts, turnovers and more. (Tom McCorkle for The Washington Post; food styling by Lisa Cherkasky for The Washington Post) Sometimes you feel like you can’t win with people.