Upon entering the room the sweetest smell of fresh fruits and warm pastries flooded their senses, followed by the smell of cooked bacon. |
Hot dishes include Karelian rye pastries stuffed with potatoes or rice, and reindeer stew. |
Be it a birthday party or a wedding anniversary one cannot do without pastries which heralds the good occasion. |
You go in, sit down, and order some pastries and you imagine that you are in the Austrian alps. |
Animal fat, or lard, which has a high smoking point, is very effective as a leavener in flaky pastries and tart shells. |
In real life, my family and I were shuffled off to a cramped, airless, plasticky holding area and offered cheap pastries and instant coffee. |