Fall fruits are especially good for baking, and one of my favorites are pears. They are sweet and crisp and my pear custard pie is the perfect dessert for these cool fall days. It has no crust, but ...

Katie started with a recipe from Davis Orchards in Milton-Freewater, then tweaked it with light cream and allspice. She used Bartlett pears. "Any baking pear would be good," she says. 1 9-inch pie ...

After an evening spent walking the streets of St. Augustine, guests at the historic St. Francis Inn (circa 1791) return to the parlor for a beverage and a little something sweet fresh from cook Janice ...

I recently posted a picture on social media about my neighbor’s pears and many of you asked for the recipe of a pear custard pie. I live on the east side of Madison in a tiny, older neighborhood. It’s ...

I’ve been making this tart for many years in countless iterations. It all started way back when with Julia Child’s version of a red wine-poached pear tart filled with frangipane. A gorgeous ...

Pie and Thanksgiving are like turkey and gravy, which is to say, they go together like mashed potatoes and butter. I think you can see what's on my mind, but here's the important thing: everyone can ...

Preliminaries: Position a rack in the lower third of the oven, and heat the oven to 400 degrees. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Roast pears: Toss the pears with the melted butter, sugar, ...

Melissa Clark has three of them: pumpkin butterscotch custard, mini oatmeal-cranberry whoopie pies and a simple cardamom cake studded with red-wine pears. By Melissa Clark Melissa Clark, a longtime ...

WHEN I FIRST read Julia Child’s “Mastering the Art of French Cooking” decades ago as a teenager, I was thrilled to discover a simple dessert called a clafoutis — essentially a fruit custard-like ...