Pies and Tarts: The Definitive Guide to Classic and Contemporary Favorites from the World's Premier Culinary College (at Home with The Culinary Institute of America)

Listen, I love ALL desserts, but pie has my heart. After a while you feel like every pie recipe is about the same. You have standards and don't deviate too much from that, right? But THIS BOOK is a revelation. I grew up with a mother who owned her own bakery and specialized in pie so I felt I had tried them all, but this book covers both the basics and beyond. It's the "beyond" that truly makes this book special. You MUST TRY the Candy Bar pie (photo attached). It is sinful and rich and perfect. The Raspberry Marscapone Tart is also not to be missed. Everything I have made from this book has been absolutely amazing. If you are a pie lover this book is a MUST OWN. The pictures are gorgeous, the recipes are well written, and the pies are unbelievably good!

I gave this as a gift. It was much appreciated by a young baker just starting out on a new hobby. She liked the how-to pictures in the front of the book that showed proper crust construction. She made a savory tart with cauliflower and two cheeses and it was restaurant (the kind with tablecloths). She's 15 years old.

Fantastic book!

Oh boy oh boy oh boy do I love pies and tarts. I thought I knew everything there was to know about making good ones. I was wrong before I bought this book. There are really wonderful tips and tricks I've never heard anywhere, not even at my mother's knee, and she make great pies. One of the things I like best about this book is that it doesn't confront you with a lot of impossible dreams. The pies look like real pies out of a real over in a real kitchen. Mine. Yours. Yay.

Creative pies with excellent instructions, beautifully presented. Very nice book when you want to make a showstopper. Probably not the best book for beginners.

I am already a pie maker but I wanted to learn about making tarts and this is the book I was looking for. Detailed descriptions of techniques and equipment are perfect for bolstering confidence but better yet, for making delicious tarts.

I love this book. I checked it out from the library and made several pies from it and all were a big hits so i had to get it. The pie crust recipes were good too. This and Hoosier mama are my two favorite pie books. Definitely a great purchase.

this book is an art of work, but the reason i didn't add one more star is there is no something unique reci

One of an excellent series of chefs' books.