National Pastries Day : Quotes To Sweeten Your Day

If you have a sweet tooth and are looking for an excuse to stop counting your carbs, sugar, and fats, then today is the day to celebrate. Luckily, Dec. 9 marks the arrival of National Pastry Day.

This tiny delicacy is one of the favorite desserts of every sweet lover. The day is celebrated to encourage people to cook and eat pastries.

The culinary art form of pastry-making developed in the Middle East during the 7th century.

It then eventually spread to Europe and the French and Italian chefs developed their own recipes and version of this tiny sweet.

Nowadays, foodies all around the world enjoy different types of pastry including shortcrust, flaky, puff, choux, and phyllo.

Here are a few interesting quotes to commemorate this sweet holiday. Courtesy Brainy Quotes.

1. “Being a great baker and pastry chef requires the utmost open mind. I try every dessert that comes my way!” - Christina Tosi

2. “The biggest challenge of being a pastry chef is that, unlike other types of chefs, you can't throw things together at a farmer's market. When you're working with baking powder and a formula, you have to be exact. If not, things can go wrong.” - Carla Hall

3. “Unless you are a professional, you will find the tart to be a high-maintenance, unforgiving whistle-blower of a pastry.” - Sloane Crosley

4. “I fell in love with pastry because I felt I could be much more creative. It's precise, and you don't have to kill anything.” - Johnny Iuzzini

5. “It's true that writing and pastry-making are similar, but when you work as a pastry chef, you can get a kind of mania that everything you see is related to pastries.” - Mark Kurlansky

6. “If I didn't ever model? I would be back in Kansas. I would probably end up being a pastry chef. My grandma taught me how to make a pie.” - Lindsey Wixson

7. “I love to make pies - pot pies, quiches, savory tarts, fruit pies. I use an old-fashioned pastry blender with wires and a wooden handle. I never use a recipe.” - Ruth Reichl

8. “My first school play was 'Perkin and the Pastry Cook' that my primary school put on, and I played a boy, and it was so much fun, and I'd love to play a boy again. I think that would be great.” - Anya Taylor-Joy

9. “I was drawn to the bakery and pastry. It's the same discipline you employ in dance - you take the instruction, and you keep on practicing, seeking perfection. You never achieve it, but you strive.”- Ron Ben-Israel

10. “When you think about French pastries, one of the most classic traditional pastries is the eclair. An eclair is like a blank canvas that can be easily adapted to any environment. Ingredients are the most important aspect of a perfect eclair, and they need to be used at their peak.” - Johnny Iuzzini