The World Needs More Pie. More Than a Philosophy.
In 2001, at the height of the dot com boom, Beth Howard quit a lucrative web producing job to bake pies at a gourmet deli in Malibu, California. While she enjoyed her newfound status as “pie baker to the stars” she couldn’t pay her rent on her baker’s salary. Still, she recognized how happy pie made people — watching Mel Gibson shovel a piece of her apple crumble pie into his mouth was proof enough! — and Howard knew there was no turning back. Now, no matter what she does for a living it involves pie. In her PIE BAKING PARTIES she teaches groups how to make pie. In her BLOG she writes stories about living the pie-life. She is currently writing a book — a pie memoir — and is developing a TV SERIES about pie. Click here to view a promo tape for the PIE-LOT .
Healing the world, one pie at a time.
While we Americans like to think we invented pie, it did not originate with the pilgrims. Though we agree it was an inspired notion to bake pie as a peace offering and create a holiday centered around it! We love Thanksgiving. Pie, however, has been around since medieval times with its history first documented in Egypt, and the first pie recipe recorded in Greece. Pie originated as a sort of Tupperware of its time, the dough an inedible wrapper to preserve and transport meat. Mayflower passengers, practical travelers who recognized the hardiness of the dish, brought pie to America, where recipes evolved and multiplied as quickly as the new nation. Today’s pie crust is flaky, buttery and melts in your mouth, with myriad fillings — berries, nuts, veggies, eggs, just about anything that can fit in a pie plate. Pie is accessible, affordable, all-encompassing. Pie is meant for sharing. Pie connects people. Pie knows no cultural or political boundaries. Pie makes people happy. And happy people make the world a better place. That’s why the world needs more pie.
