Pastry chef Paola Velez's variation on a traditional croquembouche features homemade cinnamon doughnuts instead of cream puffs. The first step is to fry up a batch of the doughnut holes. They're then ...

Croquembouche is a French dessert, which literally means "crunch in the mouth." The dessert is a tall, cone-shaped stack of puff pastry bites, held up by a little bit of caramel allowing the beauty of ...

Here is a splendid edible centerpiece for your New Year’s table, the croquembouche — row upon row of tiny cream puffs mounted into a conical tower and glittering with caramel. It’s fun to assemble and ...

Croquembouche, the French pastry popularized in the early 19th century, is suddenly back on the banquet table. Seeking to evoke “a meeting of wise characters coming from a fantasy world,” the ...

Twenty-five years ago, or so, I found the magic. I was paging through a cookbook, the seminal “La Methode,” Jacques Pepin’s sequel to his even more seminal “La Technique.” As I was grazing through the ...

If you’ve watched any part of Martha & Snoop’s Potluck Dinner Party, you might be prepared, in part, for the amount of innuendo served up in this clip from Monday night’s holiday-themed episode. In it ...

Christmas is no time for playing it safe in the kitchen. So join the Great British Bake Off finalist as he once again risks biting off more than he can chew, with his croquembouche, ginger cakes and ...

We are celebrating the season with two special holiday episodes of Pastries with Paola before season two launches in the spring. First up is Paola's holiday showstopper, the Old Fashioned Doughnut ...

Looking for the ultimate showstopper this festive season? Look no further! This croquembouche recipe is a festive take on the French patisserie classic with its mincemeat filling. Shared with us by ...