A. I have much more of a fine-dining pastry background with high-end, Michelin and four-star restaurants, so this book is a bit of a departure for me.

Larduinat enchants an audience of nearly 165,000 followers by posting his start-to-finish process of making complex desserts. He makes it look easy, but it’s really quite difficult.

Old Europe Desserts Cafe is now open at Bridgeway Station, serving up unique pastries, light bites, coffee, wine and a distinctive European-tinged experience.

Van’s Pastry Shoppe, at 955 Fulton St. E in Grand Rapids, is a multi-generational bakery serving old-fashioned, no-preservative baked goods. The family says its the oldest in town having been ...