The Art of French Pastry

and persistence to work at
it—is just as important.
Many of you have learned
to play an instrument, to
knit a beautiful sweater, or
to excel in a sport. You did
not learn to play that Bach
chorale well enough to play
for an audience just by
looking at the music on the
page and playing it once.
First you memorized the
keys on the piano, then