Crumbs carry a reputation as crummy. But they can come in handy, breading chicken or bolstering meatball. Once, I watched a chef slip a layer of crumbs between fruit-tart pastry and fruit-tart fruit.

To make the filling, beat the butter and sugar together with an electric mixer until creamy. Beat in the egg, followed by the almonds, flour and extract. Spread evenly in the cooled tart shell. Cut ...

This plum almond tart features sweet-tart plums and frangipane. With its tender short-crust, layers of sweet-tart plums and frangipane (the irresistible ground almond filling) this showstopper almost ...

When the summer starts winding down and autumn fruits are coming into season, I love making plum tarts with puff pastry and frangipane. Most of the time I am definitely happy to eat pastry, but with ...

The taste of early autumn, baked into a simple tart When plums are in season, there’s no better way to use them than in a soft, golden tart that brings out their natural sweetness. This easy plum tart ...

I'm a happy camper this time of year, and no, not because kids are going back to school. Mid-August is when Italian plums come to market. To find them piled high in wooden pint baskets at a local ...

I’m a happy camper this time of year, and no, not because children are going back to school. Late summer is when Italian plums come to market. To find them piled high in wooden pint baskets at a local ...

A perfectly ripe plum of the perfect variety, harvested on the perfect summer day, shipped and stored in the perfect way and delivered to you when you are in the perfect frame of mind to enjoy ...

I can never decide what I like better about this Alsatian and southern-German tart: the quetsches (similar to Italian Blue Plums, which are available for a short time in the fall) or the butter crust ...

Believe it or not, that’s the question a food writer asked in a 1934 edition of the Washington Post. About this time of year, you may think you’re tired of salads, but there are hundreds of new ones ...

Crumbs carry a reputation as crummy. But they can come in handy, breading chicken or bolstering meatball. Once, I watched a chef slip a layer of crumbs between fruit-tart pastry and fruit-tart fruit.

I'm a happy camper this time of year, and no, not because children are going back to school. Late summer is when Italian plums come to market. To find them piled high in wooden pint baskets at a local ...