Whenever I play the name-the-best-meals-of-your-life game, I always include the lunch my mother took me to at La Brasserie in Washington, D.C. At age 13, I thought the restaurant, housed in a ...

Before now, I had never made a tarte tatin. It sounded just plain scary — flipping a pan over so that the fruit ends up on top and the crust ends up on the bottom. Such drama! Why would anyone put ...

Taxi cab confession: Before now, I had never made a tarte tatin. It sounded just plain scary – flipping a pan over so that the fruit ends up on top and the crust ends up on the bottom. Such drama! Why ...

The first tarte tatin is said to have been created by accident at the Hôtel Tatin in Lamotte-Beuvron, France, in the 1880s. Pastry chef Stéphanie Tatin was preparing an apple pie for her guests but ...

COME AUTUMN’S harvest, apples take pride of place in American desserts, and I’m not one to argue that. But what of the humble pear? It arrives a little later in the season and is often overlooked, ...

Taxi cab confession: Before now, I had never made a tarte tatin. It sounded just plain scary — flipping a pan over so that the fruit ends up on top and the crust ends up on the bottom. Such drama! Why ...

Whenever I play the name-the-best-meals-of-your-life game, I always include the lunch my mother took me to at La Brasserie. At age 13, I thought the restaurant, housed in a townhouse on Capitol Hill ...

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Paige Grandjean is a food editor, recipe developer, and food stylist with over seven years of experience in food media. Her work has appeared in more than 15 nationally distributed publications, award ...