In Search of Solace

It's easy to feel despair over events you have no control. Events that leave you feeling anxious and oh, so sad, like the two California journalists who were tried and convicted in North Korea. Or the children who were burned in the day care fire in Mexico. Or the 228 people who perished aboard Air France Flight 477. Or the economic quagmire that California is slipping into.

Sometimes it's just difficult to shut out all the white noise. So, at the end of the work day I find solace in my garden or my kitchen. Last night I found it in my kitchen.

There is something so soothing in the knowledge that exactly two 6-ounce containers of raspberries fit into a 9-inch tart shell. No more, no less. Don't be tempted to pop one of those plump, gorgeous berries into your mouth either or you'll mess up the beautiful concentric circles of your tart if you do.

When you fill the raspberry-lined tart with brown butter batter and bake to a golden perfection - it's easy to forget, for just a few minutes, what's going on in the world around you and lose yourself in the brown butter goodness.

I won't tell you how delicious this is.

Want some?

Brown Butter Raspberry Tart recipe is from the June issue of Bon Appétit.