Four times a year, PastryScoop.com invites three experts to answer your toughest pastry and bread baking questions.
Interact with them in a live chat to get the skinny on exciting new dessert trends, the best products and suppliers on the market, and special tips that will make your desserts truly shine.
Whether bonbons, pies, or cakes are your passion, you can find
answers to your baking and dessert questions in our chat archives.
What kind of chocolate does organic chocolatier Richard Muszynski
prefer? How does baker P. J. Hamel keep blueberries from sinking
to the bottom of her cakes? What is Ron Ben-Israel's favorite
brand of fondant? Check out the Q & A's from our previous
chats for answers to all this and more.
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| 2006 How to Start a Business Chats |
| Mark Ballard, Sugardaddy's Sumptuous Sweeties & Cindy Renzi, The FCI
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| Melissa Murphy, Sweet Melissa Patisserie & Jill Gifford, University of Nebraska Food Processing Center |
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| 2005 4-Star Chef Chats |
Michael Laiskonis, Le Bernardin
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| Johnny Iuzzini, Jean Georges |
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Sébastien Rouxel, per se |
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| 2005 Fall Baking Chats |
Melissa Murphy, Sweet Melissa Patisserie
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| Warren Brown, CakeLove |
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Joanne Chang, Flour Bakery + Café |
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| 2005 Wedding Cake Chats |
Elisa Strauss, Confetti Cakes |
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| Colette Peters, Colette's Cakes |
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Ron Ben-Israel, Ron Ben-Israel Cake |
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| 2005 Chocolate Chats |
Robert Steinberg, Scharffen Berger Chocolate Maker |
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| Alison Nelson, Chocolate Bar |
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Jacques Torres, Jacques Torres Chocolate Factory and Chocolate Haven |
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| 2004 Holiday Baking Chats |
| Susan Reid, King Arthur Flour |
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| Julia Collin & Dawn Yanagihara, Cook’s Illustrated & America’s Test Kitchen |
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Tara Bench, Martha Stewart Living |
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| 2004 Fall Baking Chat Series |
| Sarabeth Levine, Sarabeth’s Kitchen |
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Jean Murray and Buck Rollins, Whole Foods Market
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| Sarah Phillips, Baking911.com |
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| 2004 Summer Wedding Cake Series |
| Cheryl Kleinman, Cheryl Kleinman Cakes |
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| Ron Ben-Israel, Ron Ben-Israel Cakes |
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| Susan Morgan, Elegant Cheese Cakes |
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| 2004 Spring Chat Series |
| P.J. Hamel, King Arthur Flour |
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| Joan Nathan, The Art of Jewish Cooking |
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| Richard Muszynski, Ricard Chocolat |
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| 2003 Holiday Baking Chat Series |
| Tish Boyle, Chocolatier |
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| Jacques Torres, Jacques Torres Chocolates |
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| Joan Nathan, The Art of Jewish Cooking |
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| Florian Bellanger, Fauchon |
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| P.J. Hamel, King Arthur Flour |
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| Jehangir Mehta, Aix and Partistry |
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Rose Levy Beranbaum, The Bread Bible |
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