CNBC Street Signs Talks Cronut® pastries!
27th May 2013
There’s more than just the market and financial news hitting the set of Street Signs today at CNBC headquarters. Chef Dominique Ansel shares his story of how the a tiny invention — the Cronut® — is now causing lines out the door up to two hours before the shop opens. Cronut® pastries sell out within …
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Eyewitness News Anchors Dig In on Cronut® pastries
25th May 2013
Channel 7 Eyewitness News covers the story of the Cronut® craze in New York, and manages to get their hands on just four Cronut® pastries. Watch as anchor Liz Cho takes her very first bite!
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Cronut® pastries are on the MSNBC Today Show!
23rd May 2013
The Today Show gets a taste of Cronut® pastries, and introduces it to a national audience. To read more, and see the footage, click here.
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Chef Dominique Ansel Invents the CRONUT® (croissant x doughnut hybrid)
10th May 2013
Introducing, the Cronut® – half croissant, half doughnut unique pastry creation of Chef Dominique Ansel. Each one consists of a specialty croissant dough that has been proofed, then fried. To flavor, the cronuts are first tossed in sugar, and then filled with Tahitian vanilla ganache, and finally finished with a rose glaze and crystallized rose …
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Telestar calls Dominique the “King of Kouign Amann”
25th February 2012
Kouign Amann, pronounced KWEEN AH-MAHN, is a well-known pastry in Brittany that has just hit stateside. While it’s often been called a “caramelized croissant”, this pastry requires a lot more hand technique as sugar is also layered into the dough on top of butter. Because there is the addition of sugar, the dough cannot rest …
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Grubstreet loves our Galettes des Rois!
11th January 2012
It’s that time of year again for the classic Galettes des Rois, or French King’s Cake. Served in the month of January , after the 12 days of Christmas, this flaky puff pastry cake features a moist frangipane, or almond cream, filling. It is mildly sweet (think: almond croissant in cake form) and comes with …
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