Pastry
noun
A sweet baked food made from dough, usually filled, topped, or decorated with sweet ingredients.
She bought a fruit pastry from the bakery for breakfast.

Often appears as...
- apple pastry
- chocolate pastry
noun
The dough used to make pastries.
She made her own pastry for the pie.

Often appears as...
- shortcrust pastry
- puff pastry
noun
A sweet baked food made from dough, usually filled, topped, or decorated with sweet ingredients.
She bought a fruit pastry from the bakery for breakfast.

Often appears as...
- apple pastry
- chocolate pastry
noun
The dough used to make pastries.
She made her own pastry for the pie.

Often appears as...
- shortcrust pastry
- puff pastry
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Sweet Treat
Pastry often refers to sweet, rich baked goods especially popular as desserts or snacks.

Are you in the mood for a pastry with your coffee?
Cultural Varieties
Pastries differ globally; 'Danish' in the US may be 'wienerbrød' in Denmark.

I love trying different kinds of pastries when I travel abroad.
Breakfast Option
Pastries are common for breakfast, often served with tea or coffee.

Could you grab me a pastry to go with my morning latte?
Sweet Treat
Pastry often refers to sweet, rich baked goods especially popular as desserts or snacks.

Are you in the mood for a pastry with your coffee?
Cultural Varieties
Pastries differ globally; 'Danish' in the US may be 'wienerbrød' in Denmark.

I love trying different kinds of pastries when I travel abroad.
Breakfast Option
Pastries are common for breakfast, often served with tea or coffee.

Could you grab me a pastry to go with my morning latte?
Sweet Treat
Pastry often refers to sweet, rich baked goods especially popular as desserts or snacks.

Are you in the mood for a pastry with your coffee?
Cultural Varieties
Pastries differ globally; 'Danish' in the US may be 'wienerbrød' in Denmark.

I love trying different kinds of pastries when I travel abroad.
Breakfast Option
Pastries are common for breakfast, often served with tea or coffee.

Could you grab me a pastry to go with my morning latte?
Video examples
One is one ... or is it?
Other examples of partitioned units include a square of a chocolate bar, a section of an orange and a slice of pizza. The important thing about units is that once we've made a new unit, we can treat it just like we did the old unit. We can compose composed units, and we can partition partitioned units. Think about toaster pastries.
Video examples
Celebrating Mardi Gras...
and whoever gets the trinket has obligations such as buy next year's king cake here the baby goes on the outside the king cake is a traditional new orleans mardi gras pastry you'll find pastries like this all over the country and all over the world that they're only served for a certain season
Video examples
Elevating simple...
smoked it again d hi it covered it in mushroom duxelle which is a paste made from mushrooms white wine garlic and onions wrapped it in beet greens and then in puff pastry and baked it like you would a Wellington I served it with creamed sorrel smoked and
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How we can help the...
but it takes a little bit more than that. You wouldn't ask a pastry chef to bake a cake without an oven. And we should not be asking the folks in the middle to make the leap without providing them with the tools, strategies and support they deserve
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See the Sparks That Set...
the commanding officer of the pennsylvania left foot militia all these militiamen summer militias some are three quarterback three percenters uh some of his pastries they just come out here to make sure that uh things kind of stay peaceful
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Finger Food with Fingers...
put in a deep fryer and what you're gonna wind up having is something like this the displays have been crafted into perfect edible masterpieces or sushi with crickets mealworms puff pastry are balls very nitro-burning It's Showtime
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3 ways to practice...
And then, he was very puzzled, and I could see his face change and he said to me, "Well, how about if I buy another pastry and we'll share both of them?" And he did, and we did. And we sat and talked. We had nothing in common.
Video examples
Sonic Postcards from The...
incredible mozzarella deep fried zucchini flowers you are crosstalking through the fields and you are you can just eat the fruit from the trees they have this pastry called rustico and it's like bechamel sauce
Video examples
The mysterious life and...
He served Rasputin a number of pastries, believing they contained cyanide. But unbeknownst to Yusupov, one of his co-conspirators had a change of heart, and substituted the poison with a harmless substance.
Video examples
Gordon Ramsay Explores...
You have to stretch it without pressing. Bravo. NAJAT Bravo, she says. It's so wonderful to see you do this. Yes. GORDON When Najat finally stopped laughing at me, I managed to finish my pastry.
Video examples
One is one ... or is it?
Other examples of partitioned units include a square of a chocolate bar, a section of an orange and a slice of pizza. The important thing about units is that once we've made a new unit, we can treat it just like we did the old unit. We can compose composed units, and we can partition partitioned units. Think about toaster pastries.
Video examples
Celebrating Mardi Gras...
and whoever gets the trinket has obligations such as buy next year's king cake here the baby goes on the outside the king cake is a traditional new orleans mardi gras pastry you'll find pastries like this all over the country and all over the world that they're only served for a certain season
Video examples
Elevating simple...
smoked it again d hi it covered it in mushroom duxelle which is a paste made from mushrooms white wine garlic and onions wrapped it in beet greens and then in puff pastry and baked it like you would a Wellington I served it with creamed sorrel smoked and
Video examples
How we can help the...
but it takes a little bit more than that. You wouldn't ask a pastry chef to bake a cake without an oven. And we should not be asking the folks in the middle to make the leap without providing them with the tools, strategies and support they deserve
Video examples
See the Sparks That Set...
the commanding officer of the pennsylvania left foot militia all these militiamen summer militias some are three quarterback three percenters uh some of his pastries they just come out here to make sure that uh things kind of stay peaceful
Video examples
Finger Food with Fingers...
put in a deep fryer and what you're gonna wind up having is something like this the displays have been crafted into perfect edible masterpieces or sushi with crickets mealworms puff pastry are balls very nitro-burning It's Showtime
Video examples
3 ways to practice...
And then, he was very puzzled, and I could see his face change and he said to me, "Well, how about if I buy another pastry and we'll share both of them?" And he did, and we did. And we sat and talked. We had nothing in common.
Video examples
Sonic Postcards from The...
incredible mozzarella deep fried zucchini flowers you are crosstalking through the fields and you are you can just eat the fruit from the trees they have this pastry called rustico and it's like bechamel sauce
Video examples
The mysterious life and...
He served Rasputin a number of pastries, believing they contained cyanide. But unbeknownst to Yusupov, one of his co-conspirators had a change of heart, and substituted the poison with a harmless substance.
Video examples
Gordon Ramsay Explores...
You have to stretch it without pressing. Bravo. NAJAT Bravo, she says. It's so wonderful to see you do this. Yes. GORDON When Najat finally stopped laughing at me, I managed to finish my pastry.
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Quote examples
Ron Ben-Israel
Israeli Chef
Pastry is different from cooking because you have to consider the chemistry, beauty and flavor. It's not just sugar and eggs thrown together. I tell my pastry chefs to be in tune for all of this. You have to be challenged by using secret or unusual ingredients.

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Christina Tosi
American Chef
I feel like a lot of the pastry chefs and chefs I worked for and worked under were always really, really big on the philosophy of 'everyone's in it together in the food world.

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Gautam Rode
Indian Actor
My cheat food is mainly all the sweet stuff I love to eat - pastries, chocolates, cakes and besan ka ladoo.

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Johnny Iuzzini
American Chef
Everyone has days when things can go wrong. That doesn't make you a bad pastry chef - that makes you human.

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Tom Colicchio
American Chef
Every chef should have an understanding of pastries or desserts.

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Michael Symon
American Chef
I make no bones about it. I have no understanding of pastry.

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Sandi Toksvig
British Writer
Us Danes have amazing pastries, but we're not a fat nation.

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Dominique Crenn
French Chef
I grew up in France, eating the very best pastries.

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Rachel Khoo
British Chef
Nothing could be more French than pastry.

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Morley Safer
Canadian Journalist
No great pastry chef has sweet teeth.

Quote examples
Ron Ben-Israel
Israeli Chef
Pastry is different from cooking because you have to consider the chemistry, beauty and flavor. It's not just sugar and eggs thrown together. I tell my pastry chefs to be in tune for all of this. You have to be challenged by using secret or unusual ingredients.

Quote examples
Christina Tosi
American Chef
I feel like a lot of the pastry chefs and chefs I worked for and worked under were always really, really big on the philosophy of 'everyone's in it together in the food world.

Quote examples
Gautam Rode
Indian Actor
My cheat food is mainly all the sweet stuff I love to eat - pastries, chocolates, cakes and besan ka ladoo.

Quote examples
Johnny Iuzzini
American Chef
Everyone has days when things can go wrong. That doesn't make you a bad pastry chef - that makes you human.

Quote examples
Tom Colicchio
American Chef
Every chef should have an understanding of pastries or desserts.

Quote examples
Michael Symon
American Chef
I make no bones about it. I have no understanding of pastry.

Quote examples
Sandi Toksvig
British Writer
Us Danes have amazing pastries, but we're not a fat nation.

Quote examples
Dominique Crenn
French Chef
I grew up in France, eating the very best pastries.

Quote examples
Rachel Khoo
British Chef
Nothing could be more French than pastry.

Quote examples
Morley Safer
Canadian Journalist
No great pastry chef has sweet teeth.

Example 1 of 10
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