A classic sour cherry pie recipe updated with nutty, whole grain spelt flour. My extended family suffered a terrible tragedy recently when my cousin-in-law, Mark, passed away suddenly at the age of 60. I had known Mark for over thirty-five years. He was, without a doubt, one of the kindest, most thoughtful men I have ever met and he was ...
Blueberry Rhubarb Pie for Pi Day
I'm pretending it's summer with a blueberry rhubarb pie made with all frozen fruit! Just in time for March 14 or Pi Day! I'm so happy it's finally March and the end of winter is in sight. I'm fast-forwarding to summer in my kitchen, however, with this blueberry rhubarb (or bluebarb) pie. I made it using local fruit from last summer that I ...
Pie Round-Up for Pi Day
March 14 is unofficially know as Pi Day for some reason having to do with math. Now, I don't like math and I do not understand math. But I do like pie and I understand pie. So I am going with it. Do you feel about pie the way I feel about math? If so, then let me give you my very best tips about making pie. Practice makes perfect. Do ...
Thanksgiving Dessert: Maple Buttermilk Pie
It's officially November which means that it's time to plan your Thanksgiving menu. If you're like me, menu planning begins with dessert. (Wait, not everyone does that?) When it comes to Thanksgiving, you know you're going to make turkey, cranberry relish, mashed potatoes, and stuffing. The menu makes itself! So, we might as well talk about ...
Strawberry Rhubarb Lattice Pie
It was pie as procrastination -- there is no doubt. Faced with a long list of overdue tasks and a full inbox, I chose instead to stop time and bake a strawberry rhubarb pie with a picture-perfect lattice top. The farmers market strawberries were on their last legs and the stalks of rhubarb were only getting stalkier. Email can wait. Produce ...
Christmas Mince Pies
Aren't these individual mince pies adorable? I'm pretty taken with them myself. Wouldn't they look so festive at a holiday party, cookie exchange or even as the end to a jolly Christmas dinner? I couldn't just give you a recipe for sweet, spicy apple mincemeat, tell you that it makes an absolutely smashing pie filling -- yes, I'm feeling rather ...
Apple Cranberry Mincemeat
Today’s recipe post is sponsored by Sun-Maid in conjunction with my work as part of Kitchen-PLAY‘s #TeamFreshSummit. As always, all opinions are entirely my own. Doesn't the word "mincemeat" make you think of Christmas in Victorian novels? I'm sure there was a mincemeat pie at Bob Cratchit's family Christmas or at least at the Christmas ...
Sweet Potato Pie
When your CSA hands you sweet potatoes, make sweet potato pie. Believe it or not, I'm a CSA newbie. For years, I had wanted to join a CSA, which stands for community-supported agriculture. You know how it works: you pay upfront for a share of the fruit or vegetable (or meat or dairy) harvest from a local farm and every week, or every other week, ...
Chocolate-Orange Cream Pie
One of the features of my upcoming book on food swapping are profiles of nineteen food swap groups around North America and Great Britain. I love this aspect of the book and thoroughly enjoyed interviewing all the different food swap organizers. But when it came time to write the profiles, I struggled. I was not certain how to approach it. Should I ...