Deborah Madison, author of the bestselling Vegetarian Cooking for Everyone, enlightened millions of Americans about the joys of vegetarian cuisine. Now, she introduces us to her spectacular fruit desserts—more than 175 easy recipes that are as delicious as they are healthful. Have you ever bitten into a ripe, fragrant strawberry? Or a luscious peach, its juice dripping down your chin? Or a pear that explodes with flavor? Sometimes fruit, all by itself, just seems like the perfect end to a meal.  In Seasonal Fruit Desserts, Deborah Madison manages to improve on perfection, turning all of your favorite seasonal fruits into a cornucopia of decadent tarts, pies, puddings, and cakes. Madison presents new, healthy and totally pleasurable ideas for using fruit. After all, dessert doesn't need to be a complicated and time-consuming task after you have prepared a whole meal. The simple and flavorful recipes in  Seasonal Fruit Desserts  are easy to master and will delight your family and guests. As an expert on local produce, Madison shows the best fruit pairings for any season and where to find them all over the country. Seasonal Fruit Desserts  has recipes like Wild Blueberry Tart in a Brown Sugar Crust, Strawberries in Red Wine Syrup, Winter Squash Cake with Dates, Hazelnut-Stuffed Peaches and Apricot Fold-Over Pie. With simple and beautiful combinations of fruits with the right cheeses, you'll be introduced to many varieties of fruit from the exotic to the heirloom, and dessert will be your new 'favorite meal' of the day. So what are you waiting for? You don't want to miss out on the fabulous Seasonal Fruit Desserts!