September 8

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On September 8, 2010, I was nearing the end of my amazing once-in-a-lifetime trip to France.

While I was in Paris, at the end of that trip, I ate a carmelized onion and roasted tomato tart.

On the September 8, 2011, my daughter made a very similar (and similarly delicious) tart for our supper.

After we ate, I noticed this vignette in the kitchen.

The crust is baked, empty, and then the rest of the ingredients are added and baked.

In order to keep the crust flatter, as it bakes, it is weighted down. In this case, it had parchment paper and dry beans on it as it baked.

The image shows the sides of the tart pan, sitting on the sheet pan it sat on in the oven, and three errant beans, which glisten from the butter in the crust.....

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