by TamasinDay-Lewis (Author)
Tamasin Day-Lewis is food writer for Saturday's Daily Telegraph and is a contributing editor to Food Illustrated and Country Homes and Interiors. 80 perfect recipes for savoury and sweet tarts, for all seasons and all occasions. Tamasin Day-Lewis is passionate about her subject, and includes every variant of the tart, with easy recipes for pastries. 'This most versatile and perfectly self-contained of foods is without doubt one of the great joys of my cooking life, equally as pleasurable in the making as in the eating.' - Tamasin Day-Lewis
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 144
Publisher: W&N
Published: 13 Jul 2000
ISBN 10: 0304354392
ISBN 13: 9780304354399
Book Overview: Tarts, tortes and quiches, tartelettes, pizzas and the myriad of variants of both form and content are celebrated in this collection of eighty tarts for all seasons and all occasions. From classic tarts such a Quiche Lorraine and the Strawberry Tart to the airy heights of a Tomato and Prosciutto Tart on a puff pastry base, anyone can bake a tart, and enjoy this most biddable of foods. Tarts can be luxurious or unashamedly self-conscious peasantry. Savoury or sweet, custardy, chocolatey, meaty or fishy, the tart is great from the beginning to the end of a meal and there is no dining experience that it doesn't enhance - including breakfast. In Art of the Tart Tamasin Day-Lewis presents a collection of80 inspiring recipes for all seasons and all occasions. She also explores the rituals, from rolling to primping and patching to whisking, all of which make tarts the most satisfying of foods to make and eat.