Make Pies Not Babies
What do you give as a wedding present to a couple who already has it all, including a brand new house? A pie party! For my friends Andrew and Bennett (pictured to the right), I wrapped up a pie dish with a gift certificate attached. It took several months for the dust to settle after […]
How I Learned to Bake Pie
Everyone always asks me, “How did you learn to bake pie?” I grew up in Iowa and my grandmothers both grew up on farms. With those down-home Midwestern roots you might assume I learned to bake pie as a young girl just by hanging around in my grandmas’ kitchens. As if it’s a rite of […]
Peach Grumble Pie
My theory is that the world needs more pie. If everyone baked more pies, gave more pies away, or just ate more pie, the world would be a better place. This theory is a little bit akin to Robert Fulghum’s advice in “All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten,” in which he […]