This classic French fruit tart recipe is the ultimate French pastry shop dish. A layer of eye-catching, glazed fresh fruits sits atop heavenly vanilla pastry cream, all nestled into a homemade, ...

In October, I flew to Paris to visit a friend living there. We were there to do research in Normandy for her next book and spent days driving around the French countryside — eating moules frites in ...

Procedure: Mix flour, butter and salt together until butter is not visible; add the powdered sugar, mix until it is incorporated then last add the eggs, stop the mixer as soon as the dough as a nice ...

One of the hardest parts of making an apple pie from scratch is rolling out the two circles of pie dough, and the stress of lifting up one of the rounds to cover the bottom crust and filling has taken ...

Editor’s note: High altitudes makes cookies spread in the pan, cakes fall and few baked goods turn out as they do at sea level. This twice-monthly column presents ...

Spring is a time for sunny days, budding flowers, nesting birds and, in our household, lemon tarts. I always bake at least one this time of year; the fresh citrus flavor is a perfect counterpart to ...

Ina's French apple tart is a tantalizing treat. The crust is elegantly thin and flaky, while the apricot glaze is a ...

Among the many assets of pecan pie is, oddly enough, an intensity so piercing that you can't eat much of it. In fact, pecan pie usually feeds twice as many people as you expect it to. Unfortunately, ...