Plum Frangipane Tarts
It amazes me to see how time turns to light speed once you pass the age of 30. I remember when I was sixteen I had calculated how old I would be by the year 2000. Eek…32, that is ancient, I had thought. I also couldn’t wait to turn 20, graduate from college, [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Pies and Tarts'
Crossroads…
August 17th, 2009 · 26 Comments · Desserts, Pies and Tarts
Just Peachy
August 3rd, 2009 · 35 Comments · Desserts, Pies and Tarts
Peach Tart over Rough Puff Pastry
The muggy days of summer are here and these are the times when turning on the oven has zero appeal. But there are wedding cupcakes to be baked and the zombie-like feeling that grips me after all is done and delivered has been bugging me for some time. Of course, [...]
Pierre Herme’s Vanilla Tart
July 27th, 2009 · 54 Comments · Desserts, Pies and Tarts
Pierre Herme’s Vanilla Tart
… A.k.a. the tart that almost wrecked my kitchen. I’m not mincing words here, if you do not like multi-step recipes, do not even think about making this. If you do not like reading recipes 3x before starting, do not even think about making this. But if you want a piece of [...]
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Pastry Bootcamp with Tartelette
July 14th, 2009 · 31 Comments · Desserts, Pies and Tarts
Cupcake burnout. Is that even possible? These little treats had been my focus since the beginning of this year and I’m really happy with what I have developed, but now I feel it’s time to turn my attention to tarts and layered desserts. Pouring through my baking books would only result in a longer learning [...]
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Feeling whole again…
July 11th, 2009 · 14 Comments · Desserts, More Kitchen Musings, Pies and Tarts
I knew when I decided to move to wordpress from typepad that it would be painful to leave 3 years of work behind me as there was no direct conversion between these two blogging platforms. I thought of moving some of my essential posts manually like the macaron chronicles, duck confit , culinary boot camps [...]
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The Pie Crust Experiment
December 17th, 2007 · 30 Comments · Desserts, Pies and Tarts
Talking with my sister-in-law one day, she told me how my mom was trying to teach her how to make pie crusts. My mom is 79 years old and lives oceans away from me. I have never learned to cook…
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