Welcome to our new(ish) column, “Ask the Pastry Chef,” by Amy Morris, a pastry sous chef at J&G Steakhouse. Have a question for Amy? Leave it in the comments section. There are many directions to go ...

‘For me, this was an opportunity to create tools that would be as good for amateurs as they are for professionals,’ says famed pastry chef Cédric Grolet (who shares a summer dessert recipe, below) ...