Tag Archives: pastry

Jan

All Hot 'n Buttery

I eat cold cereal for breakfast. I’m not much of a coffee-and-pastries kind of girl–I like pastries but it’s just so hard to find anything worth the calories in this grab-and-go world. Coffee shop muffins are greasy and tasteless, croissants are dense … Continue reading →

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Nov

Fig and Rasberry Tart in a Poppy Seed Crust

This recipe is adapted from one of my favorite cookbooks, Baking with Julia. (That would be the one and only Julia Child, of course.) I created my own version of the recipe by making what should have been a colossal … Continue reading →

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Oct

Autumn Pear Galette

A galette is a free-form tart, nothing more than lightly sweetened, thin slices of fresh fruit wrapped in a lazy envelope of pastry dough. You can just roll out the dough and assemble the thing right there on the counter; … Continue reading →

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Aug

Apricot Bavarian with Frangelico Syrup and Almond Cream

Apricots are at their peak this time of year and they seem to be calling my name wherever I go. I bought four baskets at my farmers market last weekend and they were so sweet and perfectly ripe, they tasted … Continue reading →

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Jul

'Tis the Season for Blueberry Pie

In Northern California, we have blackberries. Lots of them. They grow with reckless abandon along fence lines and at the edges of school playgrounds. They ramble over ledges and down hillsides, their thorny vines twirling around anything that stands in … Continue reading →

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