"Give a Piece a Chance." — Books. Blog. Pie Classes. And a Pinch of Activism.
On Friday (sorry, I’m a day behind on blogging) I assembled a group of my closest friends, plus a few other helpers, in a borrowed big kitchen in Santa Monica. Our goal was to make 50 pies in one day to give them away — one slice at a time — the following day for … Read more
Janice, the producer/cameraperson on the shoot, was complaining this morning that she is gaining weight on this trip. First, I told her, “You really haven’t had that much pie. You only had one bite of coconut cream and you didn’t eat any apple yesteday.” And then I said with a teasing grin, “Don’t blame pie.” … Read more
We debated whether or not we should cancel our scheduled visit to Oak Glen (elevation 2,800) as it had snowed the previous day. We didn’t want to get stuck with the RV — and even though I bought chains before leaving Portland, my goal was to never get myself into a situation where I would … Read more
Day 3 took us in search of Shaq’s favorite pie — Sweet Potato — in Colton, California. We spent the entire afternoon with Dorothy Pryor Rose, owner of Mommie Helen’s Bakery and enjoyed not only hearing about her philanthropic efforts through pie — she gives a lot of pie away to charity — but we … Read more
Yesterday I got to bake pies in my old place of employment, Malibu Kitchen. They aren’t set up for pie baking the way they used to be. I couldn’t find anything, including the recipe for Coconut Cream Pie, which meant our “serious” documetary turned into a standup comedy routine as I scrambled — with the … Read more
A Triple Berry Pie makes its debut on”The World Needs More Pie” TV show. This beauty was created by four 9-year-old girls during a pie baking party in Venice, California. Today, we are driving the RV in a torrential downpour up Pacific Coast Highway — mudslides permitting — to visit Malibu Kitchen, the place I … Read more
The shoot for the pie TV pilot begins tomorrow. In all the preparation I contacted many different pie shops for permission to film and to arrange interviews with their pie bakers. All that talk of pie made me hungry. So when the end of my conversation with the owner of Apple Pan, one of Los … Read more
A funny thing happened a few weeks ago… a TV producer friend saw that I had driven Marcus’ RV down from Portland to LA. (Marcus, as many of you know, is my late husband who died unexpectedly at the age of 43). This producer also knew I baked pie. Seems that the romance of RV … Read more
It wasn’t easy, but I finally extracted myself from Arizona. I made it just east of Palm Springs last night before road weariness set in. The advantage of having an RV, so I have come to learn, is that you can stay places you wouldn’t if you just had a car. Goodbye, Motel 6. Hello, … Read more
Have you ever stopped and listened to the sound of wind blowing through the thorns of a Saguaro cactus? It creates a gentle, calming whooshing noise, kind of like a pie as its fruit filling bubbles in the oven. When I can’t be in Arizona any longer I’ll have to put my head in the … Read more