Category Archives: Bowl

Making Pie With Ruth

Have you had a peak experience in your life? Here’s one I would like to share with you. In May of 2009, I had the opportunity to be filmed sharing pie-making with Ruth Reichl. How did this happen? Tweet

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Last minute gifts for the pie maker!

My friend Evan Kleiman, who interviewed me earlier this year on her KCRW PieCast  (listen here), has put together the cutest app for pie makers and wanna be pie makers. In fact I think her sweet app, Easy As Pie, … Continue reading

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Pie is a Guilt Free Food

Are there foods that should be guilt free…special foods and dishes that we should simply enjoy? That’s a conversation I had with Tom Douglas recently. When it is pie, I definitely think so. Tom agreed. When it is a homemade … Continue reading

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Cold hands, warm heart…perfect crust.

Seattle is having a heat wave. It’s predicted to be 100 degrees later this afternoon. This is not the Pacific Northwest weather to which I have grown accustomed. I am sweating. My sweet 14 year old dog, Lady, has been … Continue reading

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Doug’s Bowl

It promised to be a pretty warm spring day…much warmer than this confirmed Northwesterner is used to! Late morning, Maggie, Doug and I headed out to the Saturday Farmer’s Market at the City Market in search of rhubarb pie ingredients. … Continue reading

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