PERFECTLY ripe, the pear is a paradox: verging on crisp, yet soft as velvet. With every juicy bite, its delicate flavor invites comparisons to nectar and flowers and meadows, but there’s no need ...

1. Prepare the pastry and fit it into a 9-inch tart pan with a removable bottom. Refrigerate until well chilled, about 20 minutes. Prick the shell with a fork and bake until lightly golden, about 10 ...

When it comes to quintessential fall produce, apples and pumpkin take center stage like clockwork. But behind closed curtains stands the humble pear — a pome fruit that enjoys its peak season during ...

If you chop down apple trees in Oregon's Willamette Valley, will pear trees mysteriously grow in their place? During the second half of the 20th century, settlers in the lower valley planted orchards ...

If you’ve run out of time for fooling around with pear poaching, you can skip the first section and use canned pears in this rich recipe. Cut a circle of parchment paper that will fit inside the large ...

The combination of fresh poached pears and sweet, nutty frangipane is delightful. This is one of our most popular holiday desserts, as well as a regular feature of our fall/winter pastry offerings.

Whenever many recipe variations for a commonly named dish exist, you can pretty much bet that the food has been cooked up for a very long time. That’s true with frangipane. Legend has it that Jacopa ...

Even at the most casual Thanksgiving gatherings, dessert portioning can be problematic. Will you look like a glutton if you ask for slices of pumpkin and pecan pies? Will the host be offended if ...

Step 1: To make the pastry, process the flour, butter and icing sugar in a food processor until the mixture resembles fine breadcrumbs. Add the egg yolk and water. Process until the dough just comes ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. Jessica admits she’s not a baker, but she ...