I love to make fruit tarts for the holidays. It provides relief from the puddings, pies, cakes and cookies. My favorite? A strawberry tart with a brushing of apricot jam over a pastry cream-filled ...

This classic French fruit tart recipe is the ultimate French pastry shop dish. A layer of eye-catching, glazed fresh fruits sits atop heavenly vanilla pastry cream, all nestled into a homemade, ...

A fresh fruit tart set up for easy slicing that lets you avoid trying to slice the fruit. The thin slices of peaches mark where to cut for eight nicely sized pieces. Be forewarned: Odds are most ...

An array of glistening fall fruit blankets the top of this creamy custard pie, a riff on the ubiquitous French fruit tarts sold in bakeries and grocery stores. Use persimmons, plums, figs and kiwi for ...

Equally delicious warm or at room temperature, the tart can be served with a scoop of vanilla bean ice cream or a dollop of ...

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 ...

A classic berry tart, crumbly crust brimming with pastry cream and lined with neat rows of fresh fruit, is a refined and utterly traditional way to take advantage of summer’s bounty. That’s precisely ...

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 ...

Discover eye-catching Christmas desserts, including a fresh fruit tart shaped like a Christmas tree and creamy milkshakes ...

A plate of green salad sits on a table next to a fork and spoon, with beverages sitting adjacent in the background - Yagi Studio/Getty Images Truly, anything goes when it comes to getting creative ...