For as long as I’ve known the Village of La Jolla, I’ve associated its Girard Avenue with exactly three types of businesses: high-end cosmetics, designer clothing, and Warwick’s bookstore. So it’s ...

A popular Japanese dessert chain known for its light, flaky custard-filled cream puffs is making its North Carolina debut this month in Charlotte’s South End. Beard Papa’s, a cream puff chain with ...

With roots in Osaka, Japan, Beard Papa's recently expanded to the Inland Northwest with the opening of a new franchise location of the international dessert chain. The cream puff bakery takes its name ...

Classic cream puffs with vanilla custard filling, sea salt Oreo and strawberry from Pâte à Choux in San Bruno. Photo courtesy of Michelle Ko. Restaurateur Michelle Ko’s travels took her across Asia, ...

Puff pastry might be the most underrated secret weapon in your freezer. Those golden, buttery layers shatter at the first bite and practically melt on your tongue, yet working with them requires zero ...