To make the filling, beat the butter and sugar together with an electric mixer until creamy. Beat in the egg, followed by the almonds, flour and extract. Spread evenly in the cooled tart shell. Cut ...

This Ginger Plum Tart uses black plums and nutmeg. The recipe comes to us from Liz Hollingsworth of Ginger Corner Market in Pasadena. She says that you can also adapt the tart instructions to make ...

I'm a happy camper this time of year, and no, not because kids are going back to school. Mid-August is when Italian plums come to market. To find them piled high in wooden pint baskets at a local ...

When you host your friends and family for Christmas dinner, you’re likely planning to spend all day in the kitchen as you build out your holiday-themed main course. So when it’s time for dessert, you ...

I’m a happy camper this time of year, and no, not because children are going back to school. Late summer is when Italian plums come to market. To find them piled high in wooden pint baskets at a local ...

Plums are typically eaten out of hand, but I especially love them cooked into a tart, fragrant ruby-red medley. Adding only a handful of raspberries to the plums enhances the plums with berry flavor.

This week, I was invited to a friend’s place to break the fast for Yom Kippur. I was tasked with making a dessert, and after a lot of research on what is traditional for the holiday, I found that, ...

Believe it or not, that’s the question a food writer asked in a 1934 edition of the Washington Post. About this time of year, you may think you’re tired of salads, but there are hundreds of new ones ...