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 ...

Discover Newport brings Chef Gerry Dupont from Edible Creations by Gerry to the Rhode Show kitchen making versatile tart shells. The tart shells can be filled with various fillings such as fruit or ...

As summer gives way to autumn, two signature fruits are in season, apples and grapes, and I love using them for desserts. Table grapes are abundant all year long. Homegrown (and more flavorful) grape ...

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 ...

Pretty fruit tarts will have your guests oohing and aahing at dessert time. Puff pastry shells cradle a luscious vanilla pastry cream (creme patissiere) topped with strawberries. Don't worry, it ...

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line muffin tin with 12 liners. 2. Blend crackers in food processor until fine. 3. Mix crumbs with butter and sugar. Press into bottom of cupcake liners. 4. Bake 7-8 ...

One of the best things about summer is the fruit. The next best thing to eating berries, cherries, peaches, plums, figs and melon fresh? Piling it atop this easy fruit tart. Traditional French-style ...

I’m writing this column having just spent an hour with our local fruit gleaner picking tangelos from my tree. We must have pulled at least 40 pounds. Earlier in the day, I’d picked an additional three ...