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Elegant but easy, this French-style puff pastry apple tart is a fruit-forward dessert that fits right into the Mediterranean Diet.

A typical French apple tart boasts a custard and cake-like shell for the fruit. However, in the 21st century many chefs take another route and forgo the heavy filling and cake. Instead, a simple pie ...

Over the summer, I had an opportunity to visit Paris, and there I stumbled on a bakery with a line of Parisians out the door called Le Pain Retrouvé. It had no sign outside, and inside there was ...

Happy Pi Day! We're celebrating by sharing Gasia Mikaelian's favorite free-form pie recipe with you (aka a French Tart)! Read Gasia’s intro and try the pie/tart recipe below! I LOVE making pie! I ...

3 medium (1 1/2 pound) large Granny Smith or any sweet-tart apples, cored and sliced about 1/2 inch thick Preheat oven to 375°F, with rack placed in the middle of the oven. To prepare the caramel and ...

Tarte what? Tarte tatin is a French upside-down fruit tart that could easily pass as the poster-child for a universally pleasing, caramelized dessert demanding to be shared. It traditionally features ...

When we’re looking for a simple but impressive cake recipe that couldn’t be easier to make, we turn to this recipe. Apples will always be a recurring character in many of our favorite fall recipes, ...

This dessert is formed as a galette, which is just a fancy French cooking term for “round.” In this case, you don’t put the pastry dough in a pie or tart tin. Just roll it out, fill the center with ...

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 ...