"Pastries"

You can use this recipe for parties as an appetizer or for dinner gatherings as the first course. The rustic and savory taste of the mushrooms is balanced by tangy Brie and delicate puff pastry. —Vivi Taylor, Middleburg, Florida

I am very curios and always was about cuisine of countries all over the world, especially traditional Holyday cooking and baking and try them as soon as I can. For this weeks contest I baked today traditional Finnish Christmas Pastries “Joulutortut”,...

How do you love these photos? Personally, these are some of my favorites… these little, crunchy pastries are just too cute! <br /> <br />Not only do they make for the perfect healthy gluten free recipe, they are also grain free and dairy free as well...

Shavuot began as a harvest festival, but it also commemorates the revelation at Sinai and the giving of the Torah. While Shavuot has few rituals associated with it, many Jews stay up all night studying Torah. Other customs include eating dairy foods ...

These crispy, light desserts are a perfect snack or party food.

When most people hear the word arancini, they think of Sicily's famous rice balls stuffed with meat ragu, crumbed, and deep fried. Less known are these special pastries from central Italy's Le Marche region. Both specialties get their name from aranc...

Adapted from the “Cookbook of the Jews of Greece”, the recipe for this zesty treat originates from the Romaniote community of Ioannina in Northern Greece. The name that its makers have chosen for those nutty pastries is unpronounceable even for a Gre...

We have a tradition in our family, when going out for any celebrations, we do not order dessert at restaurants, instead we all gather at our daughters home and enjoy what ever dessert I make with a hot cup of fragrant tea or espresso. I usually ask ...

This is what I put together when I needed appetizers for a party.

These Sicilian pastries come from the city of Catania, where every year in February there is a huge, ancient festival to celebrate their patron saint: Saint Agatha. These delicate pastries, known as minne or cassatelle (minnuzzi or cassateddi in dial...