With its layers of flaky pastry, nutty- sweet almond frangipane and thinly sliced apples, this tart makes a great last-minute dessert and is showstoppingly gorgeous. It’s even more delicious served…
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Rustic Plum Tart
Now that the cooler weather is upon us, it’s time to get back to Sunday dinners with the family. This is the perfect dessert.
The star here is the buttery free-form crust which, together with a…
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Cherry Cobbler
Now that cherries are at the height of their season, I have been looking for a recipe to post that was not a cherry pie. You see, in this house that was my mother in law’s territory and no matter…
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Lattice-Top Peach Pie
This is perhaps the most perfect, if not the best, peach pie I have ever tasted. There is no room for improvement here except perhaps changing around some of the steps involved to shorten the time it…
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From Georgia With Love…Tarte A L’Oignon
Nothing gives me more pleasure than to satisfy a friend’s request. Within reason, that is.
Last week while my blogger friend Paul Gervais de Bédée was enjoying himself in Sardinia and St. Tropez, I…
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Easy Latticed Blueberry Pie
This morning when I left the house I had absolutely no intention of making a blueberry pie; but as luck would have it, when I stopped at the farmer’s market to pick up tomatoes for tomorrow’s lunch,…
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Quiche A La Tomate, Nicoise…Provencal Tomato Quiche
Last year with the release of the movie Julie and Julia and to celebrate Julia Child’s birthday, Champaign Taste hosted a blogathon of her recipes. Amongst all the dishes submitted was this…
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The Search Is Over…Lemon Meringue Pie
If you think it is easy to bake a perfect lemon meringue pie think again. This is one of the toughest pies to get right, for you have to get not just the filling but the meringue and the crust…
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Joe’s Stone Crabs… Key Lime Pie
Joe’s Stone Crabs is a Miami Beach institution and the biggest tourist trap I have ever eaten at. Don’t get me wrong, the stone crabs are delicious and so are the hash browns, cole slaw and their…
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Bouchon’s Tarte Au Citron
There are different ways to make a lemon tart. At Bouchon, the French Laundry, and Per Se, they use a sabayon method, in which the eggs are first cooked with the lemon juice and sugar over hot water,…
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Christmas Cookies… Lemon Bars!
A good lemon bar recipe is great to have on hand all year round. They are great and refreshing in the summer and they also make a nice addition to the dessert table around Christmas time….
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Thanksgiving…Chocolate Bourbon Pecan Pie
Now that I live in the South, the DEEP South, I think it would only be appropriate to have pecan pie as my other dessert this Thanksgiving. I have been mulling whether to have pecan pie or chocolate…
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Thanksgiving…The Classic Pumpkin Pie
Now that Halloween is over, we can start worrying about Thanksgiving. Even if you have a relatively small family, the problem is always the same…the venue and the participants! When my children…
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End of Summer Peach Crumb Pie
Every year I do the same thing…come peach season I can’t resist buying a big box of peaches and when I come home, pandemonium! I always think they will ripen in sequential pairs, but of course this…
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Corn Quiche Mexican Style
I saw this recipe in one of the Spanish magazines years ago, cut it out and it has been sitting in my recipe notebook since then. Today I tried it on my two toughest critics…my mother and our…
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