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Salty Candied Bacon and Margaret Roach's Garden Kitchen
Most popular posts published September 25 - October 1, 2009

The most popular posts published in the last week or so included a wonderful kitchen tour with Margaret Roach, gardener extraordinaire, and another kitchen makeover from a very creative couple. There ...

What's Cooking This Weekend?
Weekend of October 3-4, 2009

What's cooking this weekend, folks? Here's last weekend's breakfast: a prune plum clafoutis, a riff on a favorite recipe. You can't beat a hot, gooey clafoutis with warm autumn fruit for breakfast on ...

Recipe: Bánh Mì with Lemongrass Tofu

If you happen to live in Saigon/Ho Chi Minh City, Southern California, New York, or anywhere with a Vietnamese population, we hope you have experienced the wonders of bánh mì &nda...

Orange, Blue, White, & Red: Gallery of Colorful Kitchens

October is all about color; the Room for Color contest is underway, and so we want to look back at some of our favorite colorful kitchens for inspiration! Here's a look back at some of the colo...

On The Menu: Make French Toast This Weekend!

It feels like fall is sending us subliminal messages: "It might be the slightest bit chilly outside. Better huddle up and eat sugary carbs. You know you want to." And yes. Yes, we want to very much. F...

Survey: Side-by-Side or Top-Bottom Fridge and Freezer?

Both styles are pretty common in rental apartments as well as freshly renovated kitchens. Which do you prefer? We can debate the pros and cons below....

Recipe: Duck with Black Olives and Black Olive Risotto
Cookbook Recipes

We like to have a few recipes tucked away for special occasions. Meals that are foolproof, crowd-pleasing, and not too difficult — but still a little more demanding (and impressive) than our usu...

Global Color! Colorful Tableware from Around the World

The kickoff yesterday of Apartment Therapy's Room for Color contest has us in a colorful mood. We have been noticing some colorful pieces for the table and the kitchen from around the world, so...

Recipe: Hot & Sour Soup - So Easy!

One of my favorite soups is Hot & Sour Soup, and I was flabbergasted to discover that it's really quite easy - and cheap! - to make. Who woulda thunk it? Called suan la t'ang in Chinese, it gets its...

Birthday Cake Two Ways

To celebrate our daughter turning three, we had a feast with friends and family. She requested lobster, corn and beans and so lobster, corn and beans it was. More on that fiasco another time. What I w...

The New Portuguese Table by David Leite
Book Reviews 2009

Portuguese food is a new interest for us. We have been increasingly fascinated by Portuguese wines, which much of the same character and value of Spanish wines, and so we've been also very interested ...

Decorate Your Jars! Five Lovely Canning Label Templates

Have you been canning this summer? If you're thinking of gifting any of your delicious homemade goodies, here are some pretty labels to help jazz up your canning jars and let your lucky friends...

Rebirth of (Hard) Cider and Figs with Candied Bacon
Delicious links for 10.2.09

Yet another use for candied salted bacon! Plus the true drink of our nation's forefathers, and a sweet set of salad tongs....

Baking Tip: Make Your Own Brown Sugar

We don't go through brown sugar very quickly, and our supply inevitably becomes hard and difficult to use. Since we learned this tip, we've stopped buying it all together. We just mix plain sugar with...

Help! How Do I Eat Carb-Free and Vegan?
Good Questions

Q: I'm faced with a dilemma. I've been experiencing migraines on a (near) daily basis since early July. I'm going to the doctor for it, but I've heard that a carb-free diet can help keep them at bay. ...

Five Ways to Eat: Oats

Oats! They are a powerhouse of nutrition and awesomely delicious breakfast goodness. Here are five ways to eat healthy, scrumptious, nutty oats — and none of them involve mush. ...

Ingredient Spotlight: Apple Cider

We've been guzzling apple cider by the gallon since it started appearing in markets a few weeks ago. Now that our by-the-glass consumption has slowed down somewhat, we're starting to think about other...

Fresh Fish, Bulk Foods, and Jamie Oliver's Gadget
This Time Last Year

Plus — illustrated guide to chicken giblets, all about cocktail bitters, a (sort of) home cooked wedding feast, and squash pasta with sage. ...

Electrolux Design Lab 2009 Winner Crowned

Possibly our favourite annual home appliance and electronics competition, the Electrolux Design Lab 2009 came to conclusion in London last night, with a winner announced: Rickard Hederstierna's Cocoon...

Step-by-Step Instructions for One-Ingredient Ice Cream

Remember this amazingly creamy ice cream with just one ingredient? Well, in our eagerness to tell you all about it, we didn't give you very detailed instructions. Here, for those of you asked, ...

Mooncakes & Dumplings: The Mid-Autumn Festival

According to the lunar calendar, the moon will shine brightest on October 3 this year. In countries from China to Vietnam, Korea, and Japan, people will gather with family and friends to enjoy ...

Quick Weeknight Meals: Our Favorite Entries!
Quick Weeknight Meals Recipe Contest 2009

We did a quick internal survey among The Kitchn team, just to see which of all the many Quick Weeknight Meals entries stood out the most. Here are our own picks, bookmarked now for a weeknight ...

Minestrone Soup, Full of Leafy Greens
Recipe Review

We're not sure we've ever had two minestrones that tasted the same—which makes sense, because minestrone is really meant to be a hodgepodge. This Italian vegetable soup usually has tomatoes, white b...

Lunch On-the-Go: Cool Thermoses to Keep Food Hot

A good thermos makes practical sense if your office or cafeteria doesn't have a microwave, but we also find them handy for warming up spontaneous fall picnics, afternoon soccer practice, and we...

Home Remedy Tip: Soothe Sore Throats With Pineapples

With cold and flu season lurking around the corner, not only am I stocking up on the comfort foods I want when I am sick, I'm also stocking up on some natural remedies like ginger ale for tummy aches ...

California Wine: Two Great Books & Stags Leap District

September was California wine month. My posts only covered a tiny fraction of the amazing and very different California wines available throughout the country, but today I want to share two great book...

Handmade Color: 10 Colorful Etsy Finds For the Kitchen

Shopping inside the confines of Etsy is like letting a 4 year old loose inside a candy store — with money! Handmade items are usually inexpensive and made with lots of love, so we tend to...

Kitchen Spotlight: Amy's Bold and Colorful Yellow

Did you know that our fall contest, Room for Color, just got kicked off? It's our annual celebration of color in the home, and we can hardly wait to see all the different ways that people use c...

Slow-Cooked Tomato and Herb White Beans
Recipe Review

Soupy beans with garlic, tomato, and thyme. We took one look at that recipe and description in Gourmet's latest issue, and we were hooked. ...

Conscientious Cook: Alternatives to Vegetable Shortening

Growing up, we always had a big can of Crisco sitting on the pantry shelf. It got used for everything from greasing pans to making the flakiest pie crust ever. Now that trans fats are drawing some jus...

Lobster Grilled Cheese Sandwich and Buddha Pears
Delicious links for 10.1.09

Lobster in your grilled cheese? What do you say? That plus some great noodle bowls and peculiar pears. ...

Homemade Sausages and PB&J Truffles
From Nationwide Newspaper Food Sections 9.30.09

A trio of homemade sausage recipes – Merguez, Bratwurst and Chicken and Apple – could inspire this weekend's cooking project. Plus, PB&J sandwiches refashioned as truffles and more healthy lunch i...

Quick Weeknight Meals 2009: The Winners!!
Quick Weeknight Meals Recipe Contest 2009

Drumroll please! Here, after a month of delicious and tantalizing recipes, are the three fast, delicious weeknight meal recipes that (narrowly) won out with the most votes. We have to admit that we're...

How Do I Learn To Use My Crock-Pot?
Good Questions

Q: My parents just handed down their old crockpot to me, and I do mean old. It’s colored in pastel hues of peach, green, and pink. While the outside is dated, I’m looking for some modern recipes t...

Canning Across America and Swallowing Swords
Splendid Table with Lynne Rossetto Kasper

Curious about canning? Why not get some friends together and host a canning party?! Kim O'Donnel of "Canning Across America" tells us how. Plus, the art of sword swallowing, how cooking played a role ...

Five Ways to Eat: Beets

This month we are going to feature one healthy, wholesome food each morning and give you a well-rounded look at finding it, using it, and eating it. This is part of the food half of the Social Workout...

Crispy, Bubbly Skillet Macaroni and Cheese
Good Eats! A Weekly Roundup from Serious Eats

Every week we bring you our favorite munchings and crunchings from our friends at Serious Eats. This week, we're about to eat up this skillet mac and cheese; it's brilliant because it all cooks in one...

A New Kitchen for an Old Modern Home

Ask and you shall receive! Earlier this week we wrote about the Survey of Modern Homes in New Canaan, CT and waxed poetic about how nice it would be to see the interiors. Then designer Lauren Fister s...

Margaret Roach's Vibrant Garden Kitchen
Kitchen Tour

When I first met Margaret Roach, it was during her days as Editorial Director at Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia. She was always dressed to the nines and perfectly manicured. Little did I know we'd ...

Recipe: il Buco's Ricotta Fritters with Saba

In the fall, we must confess we turn to thoughts of fried dough. Hot cider doughnuts and crispy fritters are all on the brain. So we were delighted when chef Ignacio Mattos of il Buco (we toured his k...

Tips for Leftover Wine

We can already hear some of you saying, "What leftover wine?!" But perhaps you do occasionally find yourself with a not-quite-empty bottle after a dinner party, or some wine cubes taking up space in t...

What Is Your Favorite Way to Use Up (A Lot Of) Zucchini?

It is just now beginning to get cold in our part of the world, but that hasn't stopped our zucchini plants. They are still bright and bursting with life! What do you do with zucchini and other ridicul...

Cool Weather Recipe: Gingersnaps

A handful of gingersnaps, a cup of tea, and a cool fall afternoon - what could be better? These cookies are wonderfully snappy a first bite, but then melt into gingery goodness on your tongue. We neve...

Gourmet Munching: 5 Spicy, Sweet, and Simple Nuts

We usually talk about batches of nuts around the holidays. They make good gifts, and they're perfect for setting in bowls around the house during a party. But why not snack on them year-round? ...

What Was Your Messiest Kitchen Accident?

A friend sent me this photo, with the attached note: While making a nice cappuccino I tried to adjust the steam pipe. Of course you should not do that during operation so it fell off and.. well... :)...

I'll Raise You a Wedge: Iceberg Lettuce With Blue Cheese
The Cheesemonger

Blue cheese and an iceberg wedge. It's all about that soul-satisfying cold crunch, the bold, creamy blue, almost profound in its simplicity. The dish would be at home among the roster of Dana's Weeken...

September Open Discussion Thread
Open Thread 206

Welcome to September's open discussion thread at The Kitchn. This month we're focusing on fast, fresh meals for busy weeknights. Do you have any cooking questions or good ideas on your mind right now?...

Autumn Place Settings: Napkin Rings Made from Felt

Earlier this week over at Apartment Therapy, we featured the home of Jason Loper in northern Chicago. We couldn't help but swoon over his adorable fall place settings, made out of felt. Don't they jus...

Frozen Peanut Butter Pie with Candied Bacon
Delicious links for 9.30.09

Looking for something productive to do with all that candied bacon? Well, we have one very, very, very good idea for you. ...

Basic Techniques: How to Shape a Loaf of Bread

Now that it's finally cool enough to turn on our ovens again, we're getting back into the habit of baking bread at home. Last weekend, we made a few loaves of sandwich bread to eat during the w...

Great Storage: CAST Glass Jars by Kosei Shirotani

We're always on the lookout for good storage jars for our pantry, and we just discovered some new favorites: the CAST series of jars from Japanese designer Kosei Shirotani....

What Are Essential Pantry Items for the Freezer?
Good Questions

Q: I will be setting up my first grown-up apartment and was wondering what would you consider to be essential pantry items for a freezer. Sent by Joy...

Have You Tried Any of the Quick Weeknight Meals Recipes?
Quick Weeknight Meals Recipe Contest 2009

Our September recipe contest, Quick Weeknight Meals, is just drawing to a close. The last few entries are still open for voting (see open entries here) and tomorrow we'll announce the winners! But we'...

Waste Not! Five Ways To Use Mealy Apples

A mealy apple is no one's favorite lunchtime surprise, we can all agree on that! So what do you do when you wind up with a bunch of them in your fridge? Before just throwing them away, try using them ...

M.F.K. Fisher on Bread and Hunger
Vintage Video

"...probably there is no chiropractic treatment, no Yoga exercise, no hour of meditation in a music-throbbing chapel, that will leave you emptier of bad thoughts than this homely ceremony of making br...

Feel The Love: Trader Joe's Super Amazing Kitchen Cloth

Ever since we posted about those Twist Euro Cloths, we've been meaning to get our hands on them. Since ridding ourselves of our paper towel habit, we knew we needed a replacement, and fast. So, this w...

End of Summer Recipe: Grilled Eggplant Topped with Goat Cheese and Tomato

Sometimes the simplest thing are the best. This is especially true at the very end of summer, when tomatoes, eggplant, and other late vegetables are finally in their prime. A quick weeknight me...

What's the Difference? Hulled vs. Pearl Barley

If a recipe calls for barley, should you use hulled or pearl? Can you substitute one for the other? What's the difference? ...

Have You Voted? Voting Ends Tomorrow for These Entries
Quick Weeknight Meals Recipe Contest 2009

OMNIVORE Susan's Dry Rubbed Steak & Shrimp with Watermelon Salad (30) Diana's Quick Jambalaya (20) Kevin's Spicy Orange Teriyaki Chicken and Shrimp (16) Helen's Pork Chops with Savory Blueberry Sa...

Fall Fruit Spotlight: Magness Pears

We have really been enjoying this fragrant, extra-small fruit: Magness pears, a hybrid dessert pear with a complex sweetness and refreshing juiciness....

Brewing Beer at Home: Bottling the Homebrew
Beer Sessions

We've brewed the beer, let it ferment, and now we're finally ready to get it into bottles. We're so close to having homebrew we can almost taste it! And in fact, we did sneak a little taste - f...

Make-Ahead Meal Helper: Pear and Currant Chutney
Saveur

Looks humble, doesn't it? But think about it: A sweet, spicy, barely boozy chutney that you can make up to a month ahead of time can be the perfect pizzaz for any old pork chop or chicken breast. It's...

Look! Food Flags For The Sydney International Food Festival

The advertising agency WHYBIN hired for the Sydney International Food Festival is so clever - they've come up with a really neat concept to promote the festival by creating food flags for the var...

Display Your Fruit! 10 Lovely Fruit Bowls

Apples, peaches, plums, and pears: Early fall is prime time to enjoy the glorious colors and flavors of stone fruit. This time of year we almost always have a bowl of fruit in the dining room, ...

How To Fry-Poach an Egg

Have you ever fry-poached an egg? We think that this intriguing mash-up of egg terminology holds out potential for the ultimate breakfast egg. ...

Kitchen Makeover: From Beige To Beautiful!

What do you do when your house has cabinets and countertops that are a little less than inspiring, or your wall color puts you to sleep? Why, you make them over of course! This first-time hom...

Kitchen Confessional: What's Your Cooking Obsession?

You make a recipe, but it doesn't turn out quite the way you'd pictured it in your head. So you make it again. And then again. And again, each time tweaking it just a little bit or playing with the fl...

Seven Colorful and Delicious Fall Soups
Delicious links for 9.29.09

Gorgeously colorful fall soups, plus a really remarkable kitchen transformation!...

A Better Frittata: Tips from Alice Waters

There are a handful of cookbooks we turn to when we're looking to perfect a classic recipe. Alice Waters' The Art of Simple Food has become one of those books. In it, we found three great tips for mak...

Oops! I Got Persimmons. Now What Do I Do With Them?
Good Questions

Q: I've recently moved to a foreign country where I'm still working on the language. I intended to buy tomatoes today, but due to a combination of poor translation and observation skills, I've ended u...

Eat. Sweat. Blog. The Social Workout Fall Challenge

We mostly talk about food — not fitness — here at The Kitchn. But of course food and fitness go hand in hand, so in the month of October we are teaming up with our friends at Social Workou...

The Musical Fruit: Why Beans Make Us Gassy

We love beans. We love them on their own, we love them in soups, we love them mashed into dips. But we definitely don't love some of their less fun digestive consequences. Apologies for the rather ind...

Before & After: Lauren and John's First Kitchen

Lauren and John moved into their first home in August with big plans for a DIY renovation. For some of us that might mean several prolonged months of planning, but not for this couple; most of their p...

Helen's Pork Chops with Savory Blueberry Sauce
Quick Weeknight Meals Recipe Contest 2009

Recipe: Pork Chops with Savory Blueberry Sauce How long does it take? 25 minutes Category: Omnivore Name: Helen Why is it a favorite meal? It's fast, bright-tasting, and uses just a few common ...

Have You Voted? Voting Ends Tomorrow for These Entries
Quick Weeknight Meals Recipe Contest 2009

OMNIVORE Lauren's Shrimp with White Beans and Garlic Toast (37) Marina's Chile Relleno with Pecan Cream Sauce (11) Linzy's Sesame Crusted Salmon over Tahini Miso Sauce (8) Sara's Italian Sweet and Sav...

Grapes Galore!
Hollywood, California

We're seeing so many varieties of grapes at the Hollywood farmers' market right now, from Burhart Farms' crisp Autumn Royals to the tiny, intensely-flavored Cabernet Sauvignon grapes grown by M...

Kevin's Spicy Orange Teriyaki Chicken and Shrimp
Quick Weeknight Meals Recipe Contest 2009

Recipe: Spicy Orange Teriyaki Chicken and Shrimp How long does it take? 30-45 minutes Category: Omnivore Name: Kevin Why is it a favorite meal? It's quick, full of flavor, and gives you tasty ...

Tell Us: Where Do You Eat Dinner?

Our post in defense of eating in front of the TV stirred up quite a bit of controversy! It got us curious about our various eating habits: where do you sit down (or stand up!) to eat your dinner?...

Tracey's Black Bean Burritos
Quick Weeknight Meals Recipe Contest 2009

Recipe: Black Bean Burritos How long does it take? 1 hour Category: Vegetarian Name: Tracey Why is it a favorite meal? It's so simple and delicious. I usually double the recipe so we have lefto...

Can this Awkward Kitchen Space Become a Pantry?

We have some wasted space in our kitchen. It's a little nook at the back of the room with angled walls and a door that leads nowhere. Inspired by this post on using every inch of a small kitchen, w...

How To Make Your Own Vinegar

Do you see it? That slimy red substance at the top of this ceramic jar is called a mother of vinegar, or vinegar mother. It's basically a combination of cellulose and acetic acid bacteria that forms...

Diana's Quick Jambalaya
Quick Weeknight Meals Recipe Contest 2009

Recipe: Quick Jambalaya How long does it take? 20 minutes prep; 35 minutes cook time Category: Omnivore Name: Diana Why is it a favorite meal? A fast and flavorful one pot meal!...

A No-Bake Sweet and Brussels Sprouts with Gnocchi
Delicious links for 9.28.09

A sweet, chocolatey no-bake dessert today, plus Brussels sprouts with sweet potato gnocchi and walnuts! ...

Try This! How To Make Candied Salted Bacon

There comes a time in everyone's life when you're standing in the kitchen at 2am (pants optional) testing recipes. The quickly approaching morning sun seems irrelevant when you're busy creating the s...

Sarah's Fresh Corn Pancakes with Salsa Cruda and Yogurt
Quick Weeknight Meals Recipe Contest 2009

Recipe: Fresh Corn Pancakes with Salsa Cruda and Greek Yogurt How long does it take? 30 minutes Category: Vegetarian Name: Sarah Why is it a favorite meal? My husband, 18-month-old and I can al...

Homemade Take-Out: How to Make a Thick Stir Fry Sauce

We have a terrible weakness for those Chinese take-out stir fries that come coated with glossy, unctuous sauces. We could never quite duplicate it in our kitchen, and then we stumbled upon the secret ...

Susan's Dry Rubbed Steak & Shrimp with Watermelon Salad
Quick Weeknight Meals Recipe Contest 2009

Recipe: Dry Rubbed Steak & Shrimp with Watermelon Goat Cheese Salad How long does it take? 30 minutes Category: Omnivore Name: Susan Why is it a favorite meal? It is quick, flavorful and sa...

Paper Towel Alternative: The Skoy Cloth

I'm happy to report that my household is almost completely paper towel-free! I keep a roll tucked in the back of a cupboard for those rare, really awful situations, a roll which (luckily) I haven't ne...

Recipes for Healthy, Mailable Treats for Care Packages?
Good Questions

Q: A lot of my friends have gone off to college and I would love to make care packages to send to them. Do you have any suggestions for semi-healthy mailable treats? Sent by Libby...

Amy's Penne with Shrimp and Goat Cheese
Quick Weeknight Meals Recipe Contest 2009

Recipe: Penne with Shrimp and Goat Cheese How long does it take? 45 minutes (including 20 minutes to peel and devein the shrimp) Category: Omnivore Name: Amy Why is it a favorite meal? I love i...

Word of Mouth: Gianduja

Gianduja (jhe-yan doo yah), noun - A smooth spread made of chocolate and ground hazelnuts, from the Piedmont region in Italy. (Variation: Gianduia) Before Nutella, there was gianduja! Do you love thi...

Jennifer's Farmers Market Bounty En Papillote
Quick Weeknight Meals Recipe Contest 2009

Recipe: Farmers Market Bounty En Papillote How long does it take? 45 minutes or less Category: Vegetarian Name: Jennifer Why is it a favorite meal? It's fresh, seasonal, light, healthy, and del...

DIY Idea: Marble Patchwork Floor in a Shaker Kitchen

In the Shaker kitchen (on the ground floor of the house), they used pieces of stone and marble to create a burn proof, cool and super tough floor that could withstand cooking for dozens and dozens of ...

Kitty's Bocconcino and Sausage Pasta
Quick Weeknight Meals Recipe Contest 2009

Recipe: Bocconcino and Sausage Pasta How long does it take? 20-25 minutes Category: Omnivore Name: Kitty Why is it a favorite meal? This dish always comforts me. Most of the ingredients are alm...

Have You Voted? Voting Ends Tomorrow for These Entries
Quick Weeknight Meals Recipe Contest 2009

OMNIVORE Danse's Green Curry with Seafood (6) S.T.'s Tex-Mex Bacon-Wrapped Chicken Nuggets (36) Beth's Lenticchie con Ditalini (Lentils with Ditalini) (11) VEGETARIAN Rachel's Mushroom Ragout with Sp...

Lauren's Shrimp with White Beans and Garlic Toast
Quick Weeknight Meals Recipe Contest 2009

Recipe: Shrimp with White Beans and Garlic Toast How long does it take? 20-30 minutes Category: Omnivore Name: Lauren Why is it a favorite meal? This meal is healthy, it's fast and it uses ingr...

Breanne's Polenta with Black Beans and Coconut Tomato
Quick Weeknight Meals Recipe Contest 2009

Recipe: Polenta with Black Beans and Roasted Coconut Tomato Sauce How long does it take? 35 minutes Category: Vegetarian Name: Breanne Why is it a favorite meal? Many of the ingredients are pan...

Marina's Chile Relleno with Pecan Cream Sauce
Quick Weeknight Meals Recipe Contest 2009

Recipe: Chile Relleno with Pecan Cream Sauce Category: Omnivore How long does it take? 45 minutes Name: Marina Why is it a favorite meal? This is more of an impromptu dinner party dish. It look...

Linzy's Sesame Crusted Salmon over Tahini Miso Sauce
Quick Weeknight Meals Recipe Contest 2009

Recipe: Sesame Crusted Salmon over Spicy Tahini Miso Sauce Category: Omnivore How long does it take? 20 minutes or less, once your oven is nice and hot. Name: Linzy Why is it a favorite meal? B...

Sara's Italian Sweet and Savory Squash Bowls
Quick Weeknight Meals Recipe Contest 2009

Recipe: Italian Sweet and Savory Squash Bowls Category: Omnivore How long does it take? 25-30 minutes Name: Sara Why is it a favorite meal? Sweet, savory, and delicious, these squash bowls are...

Brett's Cool and Spicy Avocado Pork Tacos
Quick Weeknight Meals Recipe Contest 2009

Recipe: Cool and Spicy Avocado Pork Tacos with Mexican Cart Style Corn on the Cob Category: Omnivore How long does it take? 30 minutes Name: Brett Why is it a favorite meal? Fresh summery flavo...

Annie's Caper Glazed Pasta with Ricotta and Pepper
Quick Weeknight Meals Recipe Contest 2009

Recipe: Caper Glazed Pasta with Ricotta and Pepper Category: Vegetarian How long does it take? 20 minutes Name: Annie Why is it a favorite meal? Quick ,always tasty, and the ricotta makes it r...

Weekend Meditation: The Extraordinary Power of Pie

"Stress cannot exist in the presence of pie." -- David Mamet Once again, pie has inspired my weekend meditation! A few weeks ago, Omnivore Books on Food in San Francisco hosted a pie contest. Peop...