Nothing could be more French than pastry.

“The next day, Angelina was tending a fresh pot of red gravy on the stove. She was going to make Veal Parmigiana for dinner,…

— Brian O'Reilly

“Avis named her business Paradise Pastry because she imagined cathedrals. She thought about the stonemasons, glassblowers, sculptors- who gave lifetimes to the creation of…

— Diana Abu-Jaber

Those Frenchies may know their pastry, but you can't beat a bit of British cheese.

— Rachel Khoo

When I studied at the Parisian cookery school Le Cordon Bleu, making shortcrust pastry was one of the first techniques I learned.

— Rachel Khoo

My wife and I have spent most of our lives in France, and we are both pretty well bilingual, my wife more purely than…

— Patrick O'Brian

I know pastry chefs who are overwhelmed by the idea of tasting, rather than measuring, their way to a balanced vinaigrette.

— Samin Nosrat

It often runs in families," she remarked: "just as a love for pastry does.

— Lewis Carroll

Out of culinary school, I worked as a pastry cook in amazing restaurants for years. I ended up leaving the pastry cook scene because,…

— Christina Tosi

I worked from 12 to 17, six years in a bakery. I was a pastry cook.

— Adam Giles

The fine arts are five in number, namely: painting, sculpture, poetry, music, and architecture, the principal branch of the latter being pastry.

— Marie-Antoine Careme

When you're in theater, you inevitably wind up working in restaurants. I made pastry.

— Mark Kurlansky

In my eyes, baking and pastry-making is like a science - all the measuring of quantities and temperatures.

— Rick Stein

I have a terrible tendency to lick my fingers when I cook. So much so that I got a telling off from my pastry…

— Yotam Ottolenghi

The great thing about pastry is there are so many avenues - it's very hard to get bored doing this.

— Adriano Zumbo

I like pie! Pie with proper pastry and a meaty filling always works. It just makes you feel good.

— John Whaite