Tarte tatin is a family recipe for me. There are a few pies and cakes that make the cut: devil’s food cake with marshmallow frosting, Tina’s pumpkin pecan pie, and Spooky’s rum cake. Tarte tatin is ...

Every week, we’re spotlighting a different food blogger who’s shaking up the blogosphere with tempting recipes and knockout photography. Below, actress Ali Larter stops us dead in our tracks with this ...

Whenever I play the name-the-best-meals-of-your-life game, I always include the lunch my mother took me to at La Brasserie in Washington, D.C. At age 13, I thought the restaurant, housed in a ...

The first tarte tatin is said to have been created by accident at the Hôtel Tatin in Lamotte-Beuvron, France, in the 1880s. Pastry chef Stéphanie Tatin was preparing an apple pie for her guests but ...

Pie—whether it’s pumpkin, pecan or apple—is always invited to the holiday feast, but it’s not exactly the most original dessert idea. This fall and winter, opt for the less expected (but just as ...

When I was in my 20s, studying wine and living on very little money in Paris, I couldn’t afford to eat in real restaurants very often. But I’d stop at a favorite wine bar a couple of times a week. It ...

Hold the apples, sub in squash for a delightfully earthy-sweet tarte tatin. Precooking the squash seasons and softens it, but don’t let it get dry or brown. The moisture it retains ensures it will be ...

This may sound un-American to say with the holidays coming, but I’m convinced that pumpkin is wasted in pie. Take away the sugar, take away the spice, take it out of a fresh shell rather than a ...

I wrote up this recipe at the end of filming for inclusion in the cast and crew cookbook that was compiled as a gift to everyone and distributed at the wrap party. It may seem long, but I am including ...