This dessert is a showboat. It looks like it came straight from Paris’ best patisserie. And indeed its inspiration did. It was Dorie Greenspan’s introduction to French pastry, an all-strawberry version and the first pastry she tasted when she first set foot in France. It…
Baking can be a challenge in the heat. But the lure of local berries and the idea of incorporating them into a very simple cake sounds like a great idea. Especially one like this can be eaten virtually any time of the day. That…
Photo Courtesy of Fine Cooking Magazine. All rights reserved. Once again, I am sharing one of Andrew’s great summer desserts. Surely one of summer’s great pleasures are its fruits and berries, especially when they are local. And what can compare to any fruit dessert coupled…
Truth be told, it’s National Blueberry Month in Canada! My homeland loves to differentiate itself from its neighbor to the south. In the US, National Blueberry Month is held in July. Well, it’s colder up north and perhaps their crop doesn’t come into…
There’s a twitter feed called “Drunk Ina Garten” written by someone as a parody. And every time I post an Ina Garten piece, the guy who tweets it picks up on it in about five minutes flat, re-tweets it and I get tons of hits…
John Barricelli, Chef and author of “The Seasonal Baker” It’s blueberry season but I’ll take any excuse for making this combination of a vanilla cake with fresh blueberries and a chunky brown sugar crumb topping. And since it can be eaten straight from the oven…
If ever there was a moment for making these free-form rustic pastries, it’s right now. The markets are bursting at the seams with the most beautiful stone fruits and berries of every description. The peaches, nectarines and cherries are irresistible and this recipe is…
Have you seen the current crop of blueberries in the markets? They are truly enormous and so tantalizing that Andrew couldn’t wait to get home and make a batch of blueberry muffins. He found an ideal recipe in Tate’s Bake Shop Cookbook. We’ve baked…
PONANT EXPLORES THE GLOBE WITH A DECIDEDLY FRENCH ACCENT.
