2. Articles of food made of paste, or having a crust made of
paste, as pies, tarts, etc.
[1913 Webster]
{Pastry cook}, one whose occupation is to make pastry; as, the pastry cook of a hotel. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
pastry cook — noun a chef who specializes in pastry • Hypernyms: ↑chef * * * pastry cook, a person who makes pastry or whose business is making or selling pastry. * * * ˈpastry cook 7 [pastry cook] noun a professional cook whose main job is to make ↑ … Useful english dictionary
pastry-cook — baker, one who bakes cakes and pastries … English contemporary dictionary
pastry-cook — … Useful english dictionary
Pastry — Pas try, n.; pl. {Pastries}. 1. The place where pastry is made. [Obs.] Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. Articles of food made of paste, or having a crust made of paste, as pies, tarts, etc. [1913 Webster] {Pastry cook}, one whose occupation is to make… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
pastry — (n.) mid 15c., food made with paste, not originally limited to sweets, from M.E. paste (see PASTE (Cf. paste) (n.)), probably influenced by O.Fr. pastaierie pastry, from pastoier pastry cook, from paste (see PASTE (Cf. paste) (n.)); also borrowed … Etymology dictionary
pastry — [16] The original word in English for ‘pastry’ in English was paste. This is still in use as a technical term, but in everyday usage it has gradually been replaced by pastry. This was derived from paste, modelled apparently on Old French… … The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins
pastry — [16] The original word in English for ‘pastry’ in English was paste. This is still in use as a technical term, but in everyday usage it has gradually been replaced by pastry. This was derived from paste, modelled apparently on Old French… … Word origins
pastry — n. (pl. ies) 1 a dough of flour, fat, and water baked and used as a base and covering for pies etc. 2 a food, esp. cake, made wholly or partly of this. b a piece or item of this food. Phrases and idioms: pastry cook a cook who specializes in… … Useful english dictionary
Pastry War — Infobox Military Conflict conflict=The Pastry War partof= caption= date=November 1838 March 1839 place=Mexico territory= result=French victory combatant1= combatant2= commander1= commander2= strength1=30,000 strength2=3,000 casualties1=… … Wikipedia
Pastry War — ▪ Mexican history (1838–39), brief and minor conflict between Mexico and France, arising from the claim of a French pastry cook living in Tacubaya, near Mexico City, that some Mexican army officers had damaged his restaurant. A number of… … Universalium
