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 camera rolling — searching for a rolling pin, bowl, and spoons.![](https://2.bp.blogspot.com/_T-ZdNrtoZH0/S1dVIWA7y6I/AAAAAAAAAus/Fp0ds7JzHjk/s400/Beth+w+coconut+cream.jpg)
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Here’s Janice, producer and cameraperson. If not for her love of pie we wouldn’t be doing this TV pilot. And so far we are having a blast. And eating some pretty good pie.
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After dropping off a fresh-baked coconut cream pie at my mom’s house in Playa del Rey — for her 73rd birthday (I missed her birthday party because of our shoot) — we headed to Venice to host a pie baking party for a group of 30-something singles. The premise was
baking a pie for a man is a sure way to land a husband! I am living proof of this, I assured them, as my mom baked my dad a banana cream pie, nailed the marriage proposal, and is still married 50 years later!
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Today we are headed east to Colton, California to
Mommie Helen’s Bakery, whose sweet potato pie is a favorite of NBA stars Shaquille O’Neal and Magic Johnson.