There are few treats more tempting than those shiny fruit tartlets with their mirror-like glaze. I guess it is the whole chemistry that appeals - the crumbly sweet pastry, ripe fruit, creamy custard ...

Can a pie crust recipe really change your life? I guess it depends on how much you like eating pie -- and how much you hate making crust. I really love eating pie, but I really hated making crust, at ...

Expert Deutsches Haus volunteer baker Juanita Landau shared this recipe for a classic German dessert that can be made with any kind of fruit. The cornstarch amount in the cake is correct. Tart with ...

After first scrutinizing the tarts and judging their appearance, I somehow managed to gather up my courage and taste them -- every single one. Standing on my feet in front of a hot stove all day? Not ...

But the true gourmand cherishes with the magic of peak-season fruit, and summer’s sweetest of sorcerers are berries and stone fruits (such as apricots, nectarines, plums and peaches). Aside from being ...

Farmers markets across the country are putting out the season’s first strawberries, thin stalks of rhubarb, and early blueberries. California citrus is still plentiful and ripe. Here’s a show-stopping ...

In this episode of In The Kitchen With Matt, I will show you how to make a fruit tart. Homemade fruit tarts are so good and ...

In late October, I drove up north to visit my daughter and her family in Santa Cruz. After lunching downtown one day, Dinah and I walked over to the Museum of Art and History. She led me to her ...

Craving a dessert that manages to be cool yet filling, fresh yet satisfying and will leave you licking the bowl? Look no further than this gorgeous glazed fruit tart. It’s a sinfully delightful ...

What's in a name? When it comes to dessert it can be a lot, and nowhere is that potentially more confounding than with tarts and tortes, so close in sound but so different from what may confront you ...

Betsy Block's food writing has appeared in Gourmet and The Boston Globe. A mother of two, she looks forward to the day when she again has time to make puff pastry. She lives to eat in Boston. Last ...