This document discusses different types of pastries and baked goods. It defines pastries as doughs made from flour, water, and fat. It then provides descriptions and definitions for several specific types of pastries: cream puffs, short crust pastry, flaky pastry, puff pastry, choux pastry, phyllo pastries, barquettes, hopia, pie, pizza, mincemeat, shepherd's pie, and cobbler. It concludes by asking about causes of poor quality pies and pastries.