Michigan State University Press | Mes Tartes

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Christine Ferber

Christine Ferber lives in Alsace, where she continues to make jams, pastry, and confections by hand, with only the freshest local ingredients. She is the author of several books on French cooke...

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Mes Tartes
The Sweet and Savory Tarts of Christine Ferber

Christine Ferber

"...we invited pastry chef and jam maker Christine Ferber to our Connecticut television studio...were introduced to her first book on the subject, Mes Confitures, and have enjoyed many of her recipes ever since." - Martha Stewart

Martha Stewart Living features Ferber's recipes! Click this link to view the recipe page for Christine Ferber's Austrian Lady Jam Tart.

Finalist in ForeWord Magazine's 2003 Book of the Year Awards

"In this book I explain the alchemy of the pastry, discuss the preparation of bonne crème à flan, crème anglais, crème aux œufs, and above all, I offer to lovers of fine food, ways to create new aromas and flavors."
—Christine Ferber

After the publication of the original French edition of Mes Confitures in 1998, Christine Ferber was chosen as France’s finest patisserie. Now, in Mes Tartes, she brings together a new collection of her unique recipes.

Christine Ferber unravels a seasonal thread of ingredients to create an encyclopedia of truly wonderful tastes, invaluable advice, slights of hand, culinary tricks, and inventive and successful methods for insuring magnificent tart fillings and perfect crusts. In all, the book contains more than 130 previously unpublished recipes for sweet and savory tarts.

“The French are known for their wonderful tarts. Christine Ferber, a fourth-generation patisserie, opens up her notebooks to reveal the trade secrets behind creating these masterpieces in this comprehensive book. Her insistence on using fresh, local ingredients and her love for intriguing flavor combinations yield a collection of enticing recipes that beckon all to the kitchen. Mes Tartes is a book for those who love to eat exquisite, flavorful tarts and for everyone who aspires to make them at home.”
—Tish Boyle, cookbook author and food editor of Chocolatier and Pastry Art & Design magazines

“In this fast-paced industry, more often than not, the fundamental techniques of baking and pastry are abandoned for quicker, easier solutions. Christine Ferber challenges us to slow down and concentrate on quality, flavor and seasonality. In her latest creation, Mes Tartes, we reap the benefits of her many years of experience and dedication to her craft. I could not get through a page without feeling the urge to jump into the kitchen and recreate some of these masterpieces. I feel fortunate to have available in my collection this flawless translation of one woman’s passion. This book will forever remain by my bedside.
—Thomas S. Gumpel, Associate Dean for Baking and Pastry Arts, Culinary Institute of America >

Reviews

"Farber...is one of France's leading patissiers...innovative flavor combinations and pristine ingredients yielding pure flavors." - The Art of Eating, April 2005

Translated by Virginia R. Phillips

Illustrated with color photographs
World English Language Rights
336 pp., 9.00" x 9.00", 2003
Cloth, $34.95,

0-87013-688-7
978-0-87013-688-7

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