If you're the sort of person who has the time to make puff pastry from scratch, I want your life. For the rest of us, there is frozen puff pastry -- a wonderful way for the time-pressed cook to pull ...

The perfect pumpkin pie or tart is a sweet, tender union of moist filling and crisp crust. But only hours after baking, an ugly breakdown can occur if the filling weeps and the crust turns soggy.

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 ...

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 ...

There are so many variations of the classic tomato tart, perfect for late summer. Here, you begin with a savory food-processor pie dough seasoned with Parmesan and fresh thyme. Roll out the dough, ...