What’s New
13 April 2012 — My article in REAL SIMPLE magazine (May issue) hits newsstands today. Turn to page 166.
27 March 2012 — My book, “Making Piece,” is in bookstores today! Time to celebrate.
20 February 2012 — Just learned that “Making Piece” will be available as an audio book.
Press
AOL HOME PAGE, YOU’VE GOT.. Video Series, “Beth Howard’s Got the Healing Power of Pie” 2 May 2012
LOS ANGELES TIMES, front page article “At Home in a Piece of History” 1 May 2012
DAYTIME, nationally syndicated lifestyle show, Beth demos how to make a pie 1 May 2012
CW 6 SAN DIEGO LIVING, live pie demo and interview with Beth 24 April 2012
KCAL 9 CBS Local Los Angeles live sit down interview about Making Piece 22 April 2012
ABC 7 LIVE San Francisco, Beth’s “inspirational story of loss & survival using pie” 16 April 2012
REAL SIMPLE magazine feature “Miss American Pie” in the May 2012 issue 13 April 2012
KING-5 TV ”New Day NW” in Seattle, Host Margaret Larson gets a pie lesson from Beth 12 April 2012
SEATTLE TIMES features Beth “Finding a New Life Through Pie” 9 April 2002
KATU-TV, “AM Northwest” in Portland, Beth gives an apple pie demo 9 April 2012
THE OREGONIAN does a Q & A with Beth about her book and about pie 6 April 2012
TODAY SHOW WEBSITE Beth writes a guest blog post, “How Pie Saved My Life” 27 March 2012
IOWA PUBLIC RADIO “TALK OF IOWA” Beth gives host Charity Nebbe a pie lesson 26 March 2012
DES MOINES REGISTER gives “Making Piece” a glowing review 25 March 2012
KRUU-FM James Moore interviews Beth about “Making Piece” 23 March 2012
OTTUMWA COURIER writes about Beth’s book launch 23 march 2012
PORTLAND TRIBUNE Jen Anderson’s article, “Portland’s Pie Ambassador Makes Piece” 22 March 2012
COUNTRY LIVING MAGAZINE Beth and her pie stand appear in the March issue 14 February 2012
OTTUMWA COURIER runs a front page story (“Easy as Pie”) on Beth’s pie class to 60 high school students 1 February 2012
KTVO-TV (CBS affiliate, Southeast Iowa) airs a news segment on Beth’s pie class for 60 high school students 31 January 2012
DICK GORDON OF “THE STORY” (airs on NPR) interviews Beth about pie & life in the American Gothic House (Segment starts at 31 min mark) 15 Dec 2011
KOHLER shoots a video of Beth using the new cast iron sink they donated to the American Gothic House and promotes it in a press release. 15 November 2011
CAMPING ROAD TRIP.COM features Beth’s pie quest and her RV travels 9 September 2011
READERS DIGEST FOR iPAD selects Beth’s blog for its “Websites We Love” feature 1 Sept 2011
KCMO TALK RADIO (Fox AM station, Kansas City) Beth appears on “Live from Jasper’s Kitchen” 6 August 2011
SOUTHWEST AIRLINES’ SPIRIT MAGAZINE August issue is dedicated to pie, with “Home Sweet Home” feature on Beth 1 August 2011
IOWA PUBLIC RADIO “Talk of Iowa” interviews Beth about living in Iowa and making pie 25 July 2011
KHQA-TV (ABC-7) in Quincy, Illinois highlights Beth and the Pitchfork Pie Stand in its news segment 25 July 2011
THE EVERGREEN STATE COLLEGE Alumni Magazine includes a profile on their pie-baking alum, Beth Spring/Summer 2011
OUR IOWA magazine features Beth in “Why I Came Back to Iowa” column, June/July issue 1 June 2011
CULINATE.COM features Beth’s Pie Making Tips 10 May 2011
MIDWEST LIVING features Beth’s “pie heals grief” story in its May/June issue 20 April 2011
BETTER TV airs two segments: Beth’s pie tips & Beth’s life in the American Gothic House 23 February and 23 March 2011
NATURAL HEALTH magazine features Beth’s essay on baking pie in the American Gothic House 18 March 2011 *(5 June 2011 — NOW ONLINE!)
NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY BLOG highlights TWNMP in its roundup of food blogs and food memoirs 17 March 2011
IOWA PUBLIC RADIO interviews Iowa State Fair food workers, including Beth as a pie judge 13 March 2011
LA WEEKLY announces book deal for “Making Piece: A Memoir about Love, Loss, and Pie” 23 February 2011
CANADIAN BROADCASTING’S “DAY SIX” program features my op/ed piece on pie/cupcake tolerance 28 January 2011
NPR WEEKEND EDITION interview with host Liane Hansen about my pie-heals-grief quest 23 January 2011
KRUU-FM RADIO in Fairfield interviews me for National Pie Day 21 January 2011
MOLLY M. MOSER BLOG Artist dog sits in the American Gothic House and shares insights into Beth as its resident 21 Janaury 2011
THE ART OF THE RURAL BLOG post called “Behind the Curtain of the American Gothic” 12 January 2011
GOOD EGG BLOG writes about pie’s comforting ability (citing me as proof) 10 January 2011
PORTLAND TRIBUNE includes me and my pie-making hands in their “Best Photos of 2010″ 23 December 2010
FAIRFIELD LEDGER front page story on my pie class at Cardinal High School in Eldon, IA 16 December 2010
OTTUMWA COURIER front page story on me teaching pie baking to 26 students at Cardinal High School in Eldon 10 December 2010
SEEKING SHAMA BLOG, Part 2 of Christine Buckley’s stay in the American Gothic House 3 December 2010
HUFFINGTON POST travel piece on Eldon, Iowa and my pies made in the American Gothic House 29 November 2010
SEEKING SHAMA blogger Christine Buckley writes about her stay & pie baking at the American Gothic House 22 November 2010
NEW YORK TIMES “Diner’s Journal” lists my pie blog in “What We’re Reading” column 18 November 2010
BETTER HOMES & GARDENS article “This American Pie” in the November issue highlights my pie blog November 2010
WHO-TV, Des Moines, Iowa (NBC affiliate) ran a story on the 5:00 PM news 18 October 2010
DES MOINES REGISTER columnist Kyle Munson front-page feature “American Gothic House Meets America’s Pie Lady” 11 October 2010
DES MOINES REGISTER columnist Kyle Munson Blog & House Tour Video (accompanies front-page feature above) 11 October 2010
KRUU-FM RADIO, Fairfield, Iowa, a one-hour live pie making session on “Great Taste” (2nd appearance on program) 25 August 2010
WHO-TV, Des Moines, Iowa (NBC affiliate), Live 5-minute pie making demo 14 August 2010
KGNU PUBLIC RADIO, Boulder, CO, Live 5-minute pie discussion on John Lehndorff’s weekly food show (Audio not available) 12 August 2010
KRUU-FM RADIO, Fairfield, Iowa, a one-hour discussion about pie on “Great Taste” program 11 August 2010
DES MOINES REGISTER newspaper, “State Fair Judge Finds Comfort in Pie” 3 August 2010
THE HUNGRY DETECTIVE BLOG, “The Healing Power of Pie” 8 May 2010
AMERICAN PIE COUNCIL’S VIDEO Interview with Beth Howard: “How to Be a Pie Judge” 25 April 2010
PORTLAND TRIBUNE, front-page feature: “And Let Them Eat PIE!” 25 March 2010
GINA’S BLOG OF CURIOSITIES, a Q & A Interview with Beth Howard by Gina Hyams 23 March 2010
SF WEEKLY writes about us shooting Bike Basket Pies in SF 28 January 2010
REALITY TRUCK BLOG writes about the discovery of “World Pie Day” and my pie giveaway 19 January 2010