“The traditional Arab dessert is baklava, an exquisite pastry with layers of phyllo dough covered with nuts and honey.”

“The kitchen was staffed with a full-time pastry chef, baker, entremetier, grill cook, garde-manger, saucier, and sous-chef.”

“For an elegant light meal, I line crisp pastry tartlets with smoked salmon, fill them with warm scrambled eggs and top with a little caviar.”

“Born at Champagne, in Lorraine, of poor parents, he was first apprenticed to a pastrycook.”

“In real life, my family and I were shuffled off to a cramped, airless, plasticky holding area and offered cheap pastries and instant coffee.”

“Holiday pastries flavored with almond paste are a major component of Dutch baked goods.”

“Hot dishes include Karelian rye pastries stuffed with potatoes or rice, and reindeer stew.”