Bakers to Know

By Jamie Feldmar Banker-turned-baker Umber Ahmad is rewriting the bakery rules. Mah-Ze-Dahr isn’t like a lot of bakeries. To start with, there’s the name. Mah-Ze-Dahr is...

Slashed, docked, or scored—we’re enamored with the beauty from the lame blade. When scoring bread, bakers use a small double-sided kitchen blade called a lame...

You may not have the time or funds to enroll in pastry school, but Aussie baking instructor Anneka Manning’s latest cookbook will turn your...

by Gabriella Gershenson How to master the éclair? For this Modernist Cuisine pastry chef, it’s precision, precision, precision. Francisco Migoya may be the world’s foremost baking...

by Scott Mowbray The movement to source heritage grains for better bread is often a three-way dance, and it’s growing.  Getting back to slow methods and...

America’s premier artisan chocolatier Jacques Torres, lovingly known as “Mr. Chocolate,” enlightens us on how to properly buy, work with, and enjoy the most...

In our Inaugural Baker’s Dozen, we salute the movers and shakers who are shaping the future of the baking world. From bloggers to social activists...

You don’t need fancy equipment or a flashy studio to style and photograph your desserts like a pro. Self-taught baker, food stylist, and photographer,...

This Mother's Day, we sat down with mom and home baker extraordinaire Kate Wood. One of our 9 Baking Bloggers to Follow, Kate balances raising two kids,...

We sat down with our Editor-in-Chief Brian Hart Hoffman to get the inside scoop on his early baking memories, the origin of Bake from...