Category Archives: Travel

A Perfect Day to Make Pear Pie in Sacramento

Last week I was in Sacramento, CA getting ready for a workshop at the home of Elise Bauer of  Simply Recipes. I met Elise last Spring when the BlogHer Food ’12 Conference took place in Seattle. The wonderful Tess Masters … Continue reading

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Art of the Pie in the Washington Post

I was featured in the Washington Post food section last week! A feature article by acting food editor Bonnie Benwick on Wednesday called “Pie a la McDermott mode” just about had me jumping up and down.  Tweet

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Garden Angel

For well over 10 years I’ve lived here in my little blue and teal cottage, which I now call Pie Cottage—part-time that is. During some of those years, except for an occasional check-in, I was away for months at a … Continue reading

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Making Pie with CurvyMama!

I’m hanging out with Catherine Gewertz of CurvyMama Pies this week in Bethesda, MD and holding two sold out DC workshops! I’m here because Catherine wanted to attend one of my Art of the Pie workshops and instead of her … Continue reading

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Art of the Pie Austin Part 3: A Visit to Bud’s

So I’ll cut right to the chase. On my third evening in Austin, Dennis, Yam and I took a field trip to Round Top, TX. We left Austin in Yam’s car during Friday afternoon traffic hour and I seriously wondered … Continue reading

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Art of the Pie Austin Part 2

Day 3 Austin: Yam and Jenny live in the Tarrytown neighborhood of Austin. It’s quiet but is centrally enough located that it’s easy to get to and from just about anywhere in the city. After getting Theo and Finn off … Continue reading

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Art of the Pie Austin Part 1

It’s been less than a week since I returned from Austin where I met incredible people, ate fabulous, food, made music with a pie peep, and held two amazing workshops! I’m already looking at my calendar towards my next trip … Continue reading

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