Martha Cheng is a writer and editor based in Honolulu and has been writing about Hawai‘i for almost two decades. Pastry chefs are back. During the pandemic, they were often the first to be cut as ...

Here’s the thing about pastry chefs; they know exactly how much effort (or shortcut) goes into a dessert. While most diners see a molten chocolate cake or crème brûlée and think “treat,” chefs see ...