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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 … Read more

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 … Read more

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 … Read more