Locally based pastry chef Oralia Perez, who works at the Post Oak Hotel, is competing in a new series.

In the skilled and masterful hands of pastry chef Joy San Gabriel-Young, dough is transformed into feather-light cheese rolls, and chiffon cakes become soft as clouds. Joy hails from a family of good ...

There’s a cliché in the restaurant industry that line cooks are afraid of pastry. They’ll complain it’s too precise, requires too much measurement. Add to that the fact that most culinary schools silo ...

Originally published Feb. 11, 2020. The Free Press will reveal its 2025 Restaurant of the Year and Top 10 New Restaurants and Dining Experiences next week. In the meantime, here's a look at a past ...