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Imagine sinking your teeth into a flaky and buttery croissant, fresh from your own oven! Join executive pastry chef Colette Christian and learn to make four mouth-watering recipes, from the traditional to savory to sweet almond-filled pastries. Crafting perfect croissants at home might seem intimidating, but Colette breaks it down for bakers of all levels.

Joshua John Russell, award-winning cake designer and star of our Man About Cake (MAC) series, creates five cakes inspired by his most popular designs. These smaller scale, beginner-friendly cakes are just as impressive as the originals, and achievable for any home baker.

Crispy, chewy, caramel-y … there are SO many reasons to love canelés! In this short tutorial, pastry chef Jenny McCoy shows you how to make this delicious dessert from start to finish.

Sink your teeth into current cake decorating trends! In the Man About Cake series, originally on YouTube, Joshua John Russell partners with Bluprint to deliver incredible tips for creating modern edible masterpieces. Each week, he decorates an original cake, shares his favorite recipes and gives pointers for designing like a pro.

Joshua John Russell & the Man About Cake gang are back for a brand new miniseries: Man About BAKE! JJR will teach you how to make his most popular recipes.

When it comes to cooking, Julie Chrisley knows best. Now, America's favorite matriarch is inviting you into her kitchen for a second season as she whips up some of her favorite family recipes.

Fourteen pastry chefs will see if they have what it takes to outbake, outblend, and outbrulée the competition, where the main focus is the Achilles heel of most chefs: desserts. Gail Simmons returns as the host of this highly competitive series showcasing the best of the best in the world of pastry arts. Once again joining the judges' panel as head judge is Johnny Iuzzini, one of the country’s most celebrated and innovative pastry chefs and executive pastry chef at Restaurant Jean Georges. Also serving as regular judges for the series are Hubert Keller, critically acclaimed chef as well as guest judge on "Top Chef" and finalist on "Top Chef Masters," and Dannielle Kyrillos, entertaining expert and contributing editor of Food Republic.

"Top Chef" judge Gail Simmons serves as the host of Bravo's delectable delight, "Top Chef Just Desserts." Each episode holds two challenges for the pastry chefs: a Quickfire test of their basic abilities and a more involved Elimination Challenge designed to test their versatility and inventiveness. Celebrated pastry chef Johnny Iuzzini is head judge, with critically acclaimed chef Hubert Keller and DailyCandy editor-at-large Dannielle Kyrillos rounding out the judges' table.

Food.Eats.Kid. is a demonstrative cooking show for kids, fronted by Top Chef Junior finalist Milo Fleming and focused on simple foods that kids love. With a tone that's equal parts informative and absurd, our show will help kids master the basics of cooking and make them laugh with an approach that is smart, informative, and delightfully bizarre. The goals are to help kids make real foods that they aspire to cook and to make kids laugh with an approach that's totally unique.

Ready to get creative in the kitchen? Rocco Staino joins children’s book authors in the kitchen as they make some of their favorite dishes from their books.

Ever wonder what goes on inside the holiday home of "Top Chef" judge Gail Simmons? Well, we sure have! For Gail, food is a celebration — a “welcome to the table” for experiencing new flavors. In her class, she helps you master a range of merry-making recipes, from hearty roasts to giftable treats that will carry you through the season.

Eggs do so many incredible things in baking that it almost defies belief. Really, you'll think, they can do that, and that, and that too?

Eating healthier doesn't have to be a bore. By making simple substitutions in your baking recipes, you can bump up the nutrition and lower the cholesterol and fat content without sacrificing any flavor at all. This is what they call "having your cake and eating it too," right?

Tie-dye is back in a big way, whether you're creating fun patterns on a scarf or baking a batch of cupcakes. Get in on the trend with this radical cake design that's surprisingly easy to pull off.

Once you learn to bake croissants, you'll never use store-bought again. Sure, these flaky French pastries are a bit of a time commitment, but as professional baker Colette Christian demonstrates in her class Classic Croissants: Modern Techniques, the payoff is so, so worth it.

When it comes to cooking, Julie Chrisley knows best. Now, America's favorite matriarch is inviting you into her kitchen for a second season as she whips up some of her favorite family recipes.

Sometimes you need a break from iced cookies, as beautiful as they are. But that doesn't mean you have to settle for plain cookies. Enter: stamping!

Food.Eats.Kid. is a demonstrative cooking show for kids, fronted by Top Chef Junior finalist Milo Fleming and focused on simple foods that kids love. With a tone that's equal parts informative and absurd, our show will help kids master the basics of cooking and make them laugh with an approach that is smart, informative, and delightfully bizarre. The goals are to help kids make real foods that they aspire to cook and to make kids laugh with an approach that's totally unique.

These fun Christmas tree cupcakes have a secret: there's an ice cream cone under there! That means you get to make a big splash at the holiday party with remarkably little stress. Just grab a few fun supplies, scoop up some shredded coconut and let it snow!

We're calling it: Every day is National Donut Day. Because donuts have literally taken over the world — or at least weddings, red carpets and everybody's Instagram feed.

It's a boy! It's a girl! It's a cake pop! Gender-reveal baby showers are about to get even more fun. The white candy coating on these retro-style cake pops keeps the big secret until everyone's ready to take a bite.

We call this a Halloween treat your own mummy would be proud of. And here's a secret — keep it under wraps! — they're quick and easy to make.

Making your own extracts is pretty much a zero-skill DIY (if you can operate the lid to a jar, you're there). And the results can be WAY more flavorful and interesting than the stuff you'd buy at the store. All you need is some jars, alcohol and whatever flavors are calling to you. Putting these mixtures together literally takes just minutes — but keep in mind many homemade extracts need up to a couple of months to develop full flavor. Once ready to use, they keep for months, too.

Apologies in advance: You're going to be bummed that it's taken you so long to make these at home. They're blow-your-mind simple — you'll just need basic pastry dough and a fruit filling.

Rainbow pie pop perfection doesn’t require wizard-like pastry skills, fancy tools or even a ton of time in the kitchen. (And what it does require is probably already in your pantry!)