Possible Clues:

• Bakery buys
• Bourekas and croissants, etc
• Your old man's attempts in the kitchen just make them crusty
• A parent's efforts to make something for tea
• Napoleon and Danish
• Your old man's attempts at cookery may make them crusty
• Bakery items
• Crullers and cream puffs
• Dad's tastes for tarts
• Goodies a previous rise was dissipated on