Tarts – savoury

Rustic Vegetable Tart

Rustic Vegetable Tart excerpted from At Home in Provence: Recipes and Stories from Life in the South of France by Jeany Cronk. Photography by Lizzie Mason.

At Home in Provence: Recipes and Stories from Life in the South of France by Jeany Cronk

At Home in Provence is a stunning cookbook that explores a modern take on life in this sunny French region from co-owner of winemakers Maison Mirabeau, Jeany Cronk. Sharing recipes and table settings, and offering a nuanced look at the local culture and style, the book delves into wines, entertaining ideas, and features short essays to give readers a taste of life in France.

The 60 recipes showcase the seasons, focusing on simple cooking with local produce bursting with freshness, made to be shared. From dishes to serve up at a casual lunch such as St Tropez Ceviche to mains with a Mirabeau twist like Coq au Vin Rosé, as well as delicious desserts, including Lemon Madeleines with White Chocolate Dip, there’s a vast array of recipes to bring a taste of Provence to your table.

Divided into four distinct sections: Les Vignes (what to cook in the harvest season, the culture of winemaking, how to taste and understand what to look for in a good Provençal rosé), Le Village (cooking with inspiring market produce, the slow rhythm of village life, food markets, fêtes), La Ville (exploring the chicer side of Provence’s culinary landscape, the bustle of city life in towns of the region, culture) and La Côte (delving into salty seaside recipes, the bright blue sea, picnics on sandy beaches, coastal spots), each chapter is bursting with stunning location photography, from the turquoise Mediterranean to the verdant vine-covered hillsides.

At Home in Provence: Recipes and Stories from Life in the South of France by Jeany Cronk is available at Amazon.com, Amazon.co.uk and Indigo.ca.

Rustic Vegetable Tart

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Greek Vegetable Tart

Greek Vegetable Tart excerpted from Cypriana: Vibrant recipes inspired by the food of Greece & Cyprus by Theo A. Michaels.

Cypriana: Vibrant recipes inspired by the food of Greece & Cyprus by Theo A. Michaels

A collection of over 80 recipes from popular TV personality and UK MasterChef alumni Theo Michaels; paying homage to his heritage through inspired by the flavours of Greece and Cyprus.

Theo’s delicious recipes evoke a sense of connection to nature, seasonality, abundance, and sociable eating. Fresh ingredients sing from the plate, from juicy watermelon and glossy kalamata olives, to fragrant oregano-roasted lamb and delicate vine-leaf-baked branzino. Meze features mouth-watering small plates for sharing from creamy whipped dips to meatballs. The sea is woven into Greek culture and seafood is a staple; enjoy the freshest fish and shellfish cooked simply and served with a squeeze of lemon juice. Meat is a huge part of the Greek diet—rabbit, goat, chicken, and lamb are the mainstay, with pork enjoyed at Easter celebrations. Cooking over charcoal is part of daily life.

The Cypriots use a large rotisserie famous for its souvla (long skewer), while mainland Greece make souvlaki and both charcoal grilled and oven-roasted dishes are included here. Greek yogurt, along with artisan cheeses (feta, halloumi etc.) can be eaten hot (saganaki) or shaved into vibrant salads and the traditions of ‘horta’ means there are plenty of vegetable dishes to enjoy. Finally, Greek desserts are often just a sweet note to savor with a bitter black coffee or come sundown you may prefer a Greek-inspired cocktail such as an Ouzo Sour. (more…)

Parsnip and Pear Tart with Gorgonzola and Thyme

Parsnip and Pear Tart with Gorgonzola and Thyme excerpted from Noon: Simple Recipes for Scrumptious Midday Meals and More by Meike Peters.

Noon: Simple Recipes for Scrumptious Midday Meals and More by Meike Peters

This bold new cookbook by James Beard Award–winning author and photographer Meike Peters invites us to indulge in simple, satisfying, and scrumptious meals to feed our midday cravings. With a few tricks and clever flavor combinations to keep your mind, body, and soul happy, Noon makes it easy to treat yourself throughout the day.

These 115 quick and creative recipes span vibrant salads and sandwiches, cozy pastas, and savory tarts, as well as warming soups, speedy schnitzels, and Mediterranean seafood treats. Whether you’re in the mood for the mouthwatering Autumn Salad with Jerusalem Artichokes, Walnuts, and Apples, a texturally intoxicating Carrot and Pear Salad with Tahini and Sesame Seeds, or the surprising zip of Sauerkraut and Hummus on Sourdough Bread, this book has your taste buds covered.

Attainable yet crave-worthy, the recipes in Noon can equally suit the start, middle, or end of your day. Our lives have changed, and these recipes flexibly fit any reality, from working from home or lunch at the office to leisurely weekend lunches with friends. Noon is about a pause, no matter when you need it. With year-round recipes and stunning photography, this book will keep you well fed and happy at any time of day. (more…)

Ratatouille Tart

Ratatouille Tart excerpted from The Artful Pie Project: A Sweet and Savoury Book of Recipes by Denise Marchessault. Photography by Deb Garlick.

The Artful Pie Project: A Sweet and Savoury Book of Recipes by Denise Marchessault

Pie champion Denise Marchessault teams up with artist and photographer Deb Garlick for a visually stunning cookbook celebrating sweet and savoury pies. With whimsical illustrations and practical how-to images, The Artful Pie Project unlocks the secrets to a great pie.

(Pssst…it’s all in the pastry!)

Featuring over 50 recipes covering the pie spectrum from galettes, to pastry dumplings and slab crumbles-plus French Canadian classics such as Tourtière and Tart au Sucre.

Beyond pie, there are plenty of tips for dodging pie fails and creative ideas for using precious scraps of leftover dough.

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A Tart for May

A Tart for May, Root, Stem, Leaf, Flower: How to Cook with Vegetables and Other Plants by Gill Meller. Photography by Andrew Montgomery.

A Tart for May, Root, Stem, Leaf, Flower: How to Cook with Vegetables and Other Plants by Gill Meller.

Root, Stem, Leaf, Flower is a cookbook about plants—it’s about making the most of the land’s bounty in your everyday cooking.

Making small changes to the way we cook and eat can both lessen the impact we have on the environment and dramatically improve our health and wellbeing: good for us and for future generations to come. Making plants and vegetables the focus of your meals can improve your cooking exponentially—they provide a feast of flavours, colours and textures.

Root, Stem, Leaf, Flower is a true celebration of seasonal vegetables and fruit, packed with simple and surprisingly quick vegetarian recipes. With roots, we think of the crunch of carrots, celeriac, beetroot. From springtime stems like our beloved asparagus and rhubarb, through leaves of every hue (kale, radicchio, chard), when the blossoms become the fruits of autumn—apples, pears, plums—the food year is marked by growth, ripening and harvest.

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Heritage Tomato Tart

Heritage Tomato Tart, Posh Tarts by Pip Spence. Photography by Faith Mason.

Posh Tarts

Liven up your cooking with a posh tart! Whether it’s a delicious savoury seafood quiche, a sticky fruit crostata, or a traditional tomato tart, tarts have the edge over pies any day.

Posh Tarts offers over 70 amazing recipes covering breakfast tarts (pasteis de nata, English breakfast), meat tarts (Spanish omelette quiche, Shredded smokey chicken and sweet corn, Bacon, leek and cheese), fish tarts (Pissaladière, Tuna tonnata, Smoked salmon and watercress), vegetable tarts (Baked camembert in filo with cranberry, Roasted ratatouille, Tomato Tart, Butternut squash tarte Tatin with chestnut and sage), and sweet tarts (Jam tarts, Tarte au citron, Dutch apple tart and Linzertorte).

Simple to prepare, you can make a meal in moments with store-bought filo, puff, or shortcrust pastry and a variety of topping ideas – or make your own pastry to be even more posh. With easy-to-follow instructions and a photo for every recipe, Posh Tarts is a cut above the rest.

Posh Tarts: Over 70 recipes, from Gorgeous Galettes to Perfect Pastries is available at Amazon.com and Indigo.ca. (more…)

Cookbook Review: Feasting

Feasting: A new take on Jewish cooking

Many Jewish families continue the tradition of gathering to share a meal on Friday nights and holidays, but a new generation is changing the approach to traditional food. At the same time, the rest of the world is discovering the joys of Jewish cooking.

In Feasting, Amanda Ruben brings together her fresh takes on classic recipes, along with popular favourites from her contemporary café and deli, and her own busy family home.

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