pie & tart

carolyn beth weil
edited by chuck williams
8¼ by 9 inches; 120 pages
hardcover
ISBN 9780743243162
category: baking + dessert
a williams-sonoma collection book
$16.95
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about this book

Williams-Sonoma Collection Pie & Tart offers more than 40 recipes that will inspire you to bake pies and tarts at any time throughout the year. Whether you want to serve an elegant pear tart at an autumn dinner party, need to satisfy a craving for a piece of old-fashioned banana cream pie, or are simply looking for a recipe that uses up an abundance of plums from your backyard tree, you will find plenty of irresistible ideas inside. In addition, a chapter devoted entirely to rustic tarts offers new ways to serve up some of your favorite seasonal fruits as simple and beautiful desserts.

about the author

Carolyn Beth Weil is an accomplished baker with more than 20 years of professional experience. She was the first pastry chef for Jeremiah Tower's San Francisco restaurant Stars. As a food writer and cooking teacher, she now focuses on making baking more approachable for the home cook. She is also the author of Williams-Sonoma Collection Fruit Dessert and her articles have appeared in such publications as the Washington Post and Fine Cooking. She lives in Berkeley, California, where she owned a bakery for 10 years.

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