Before she became a sous-chef at McMurdo research station in Antarctica, Rose McAdoo was a pastry chef in New York City. But even on the other side of the world, surrounded by polar research staff, ...

I have fond childhood memories of baking with my mother and beating slimy egg whites to magically transform them into glossy, stiff peaks that later became airy and tender cakes. As an adult baker who ...

Smithsonian archaeologist Eric Hollinger makes science sweet with elaborate, science-themed cakes. Bailey Bedford A chocolate model of the African Bush Elephant in the rotunda of the Smithsonian’s ...

As executive chef at The Baker’s Table, Tammy Hurley is like a scientist, concocting tasty confections in her kitchen laboratory. Next month, Hurley and her staff will celebrate that close tie between ...