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Do You Have a Great Recipe for Sugar Cream Pie?
Good Questions

Q: I just broke up with a Hoosier a few months ago, and I am sad I won't be getting a slice of Sugar Cream Pie he used to bring back for me during the holidays. Do you have a great recipe for one ...

Weekend Meditation: Peace Offering

We all make mistakes. We also do bad, or at least not very helpful, things. We misread a situation, forget something important, say something stupid, follow an unwholesome impulse, act selfishly, ca...

Tip: Use a Bamboo Steamer Basket as a Pie Carrier
Martha Stewart

We just saw this simple yet brilliant tip over at Martha Stewart: Transport your holiday pies from your oven to Grandma's house inside a bamboo steamer basket. ...

Leftover Bits: What to do with Pie Dough Trimmings?

We love pie trimmings! These are the odd bits of dough you get after you've successfully lifted the dough into the pan and get to cut off the excess dough hanging over the edge. Why do we love them so...

Perfect Pies: Tips for Making Pies from Scratch

Do you make your pies from scratch? Making the crust and figuring out the filling can feel pretty overwhelming if you're not in the habit. Before you give in to holiday pressure and pick up a store-bo...

Break with Tradition: 6 Unconventional Thanksgiving Pies

Feel like shaking things up this year? Here are six decidedly non-traditional pies that would nonetheless look perfectly at home on your Thanksgiving table!...

Tip: Freeze Fruit Fillings for Pies Right Now
Sunset

As we mentioned yesterday, apples are at their peak right now! And, depending on where you are in the country, the same goes for pears, quince, and even some late stone fruit. So stock up on fruit now...

Creamy Decadence: Eight Ice Creams Perfect for Fall

We just acquired a new ice cream maker and there's no way we're waiting until next summer to put it to use! Besides, there are plenty of delicious seasonal ingredients that are just begging to be chur...

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...

36 Pies for Janeen and Paul: Part Two
The timeline, the spreadsheet, the recipe and the secret ingredient

In my last Weekend Meditation, I wrote about the inspiring adventure of making thirty-six pies for the wedding reception for two close friends. Inspiration is one thing, but the practical details a...

Recipe Review: 2 Minute (Microwaved) Lime Cheesecake

We know what you're thinking, because we thought the same thing at first! Cheesecake in 2 minutes and made in the microwave?! It doesn't sound like a good idea, let alone delicious one. But our fe...

Weekend Meditation: 36 Pies for Janeen and Paul

I've just finished assembling 36 pies which will be the alternative to a cake for the wedding of some very dear friends. I wasn't alone--we had a crew of 5 and a very efficient bride who organized a ...

Individual Peach Ginger Hand Pies You Can Pack for Lunch

We're not even sure we'd risk sending this to school in our child's lunch bag, lest it get traded for an Oreo. These sweet, summery, little handheld pies we'd keep for ourselves... ...

Cast Iron Pie Pans: Have You Ever Used One?

We've heard of aluminum, Pyrex, ceramic and perforated pie pans but never cast iron until we ran across this example on Amazon. It has a solid five-star review from six customers who say that the cas...

Recipe: Back to Basics Cherry Pie

When we were in Italy in June, we stayed at a friend's house that, as luck would have it, was down the road from a fantastically fertile wild cherry tree. Each morning we'd hike up to it and fill our ...

The Latest Sweet On a Stick: Pie Pops!

First it was cake pops, brownie pops, and cheesecake pops, then bacon and cheese pops. Now pie pops! Why hasn't anyone thought of this before? It's brilliant. ...

Look! Top-Only Pie Crust of Overlapping Shapes

In the past 24 hours, we've read two articles about this technique—one from Mark Bittman in yesterday's Times and one in Bon Appétit. Must be a trend. Both articles insist this method of p...

Good Question: Looking For a Strawberry Galette Recipe

Here's a question from reader Haivan, who asks: I've been picking a lot of strawberries fresh from the local farms. Now I've got many, many jars of jam made...but how about some galette? Does anyone h...

Recipe: Tofu and Strawberry Tart
Guest Post from Gasparzinha of No Soup For You

Using tofu in a dessert may seem a little awkward; at least, that's what I thought about the idea. But there's nothing but to give it a try! The verdict: fantastic! Nobody can guess there's tofu in it...

Recipe: Frozen Nectarine-Yogurt Pie

In the summer, we want fast, easy, and, if it's hot out, cold desserts. This is one of the simplest out there—even quicker if you use a prepared pie crust. Just fresh, ripe fruit, yogurt, some whipp...

Recipe: Bruised Apricot Breakfast Pie

Two weeks ago, we were in Italy for our summer holiday and, as you know, I spent the first week wondering the streets of Florence, just following my nose. On the last day I picked up a very generous...

Recipe Review: Strawberry Tart with Rich Mascarpone Cream, Dark Chocolate Bits, and a Toasted Oatmeal Shortbread Crust (Plus Ganache)

It's an irony that this tart has such a mouthful of a name. The name ticks off each component one by one, getting longer and longer in the process: Strawberry tart. Mascarpone cream. Dark chocolate bi...

Outdoor Dining: A Pie Carrier

Pie "hamper"? Pie "basket"? Whatever you want to call this, a friend of ours has one and we're coveting it! It's the perfect way to transport a fresh pie or tart from oven to picnic table without worr...

Award-Winning Pie! Tom's Cheery Cherry Cherry Berry Pie

Did you know that there is an entire organization devoted to the preservation and encouragement of America's pie heritage? Did you know that they sponsor a huge national pie contest every year? This i...

Look! A Chocolate Apple Pie

We may upset some apple pie purists here, but, being chocolate lovers, we went a little cuckoo when we saw this pie from Kayotic Kitchen, a food blog from the Netherlands. Chocolate pie dough? Oh, hec...