Pastry bags are an indispensable tool when it comes to neatly piping cupcake fillings, frosting, icing, and even pate à choux pastry treats like gougères. That is, if you know a few simple steps ...

It’s always easier to fill a pastry bag when it is propped up and open. Roll down the top of the pastry bag and, depending on the size of the bag, fit it into a Pilsner beer glass, blender jar or ...

I was very close to frosting this week's cupcakes with a pastry bag—they would have looked very pretty. But I couldn't find a tip to do it. (As a side note, BA has a helpful video on how to use a ...

All pastry bags are not created equal. Years ago, almost all piping was done with canvas pastry bags, which worked fine and still are preferred by some Old World pastry chefs. But they leak, are hard ...

Seven participants gather at worktables in the kitchen at Finesse Pastries in Somerville as mixers hum, whirling egg whites into stiff, glossy peaks. They came to learn how to make French macarons, ...