VENTING Unless it is a pie top, I don’t vent often. Perhaps that is what I should do right now…make a pie with vents on top, or weave a lattice on top. But today? Right now, I am so frustrated that I fear I cannot even set foot in the kitchen. What happened you ask? […]
Welcome to Art of the Pie
I'm so glad you found me! I love making pie and more than that, I love teaching pie making. At Art of the Pie® I want to show you that making pie is easier than you think and as American as...well, Apple Pie, Cherry Pie, Peach Pie, Chicken Pot Pie and more!
Where to start? If you are a well-seasoned pie maker or missed learning this time-honored craft when you were young, you will find some pie making tips and hints in my BLOG.
Then check out some RECIPES, or LEARN about the Art of the Pie® Workshops that thousands have attended and Pie Camp® that some pie makers return to year after year and has been featured in many publications!
I truly have been baking just about all my life and I'm so excited to share with you my knowledge, recipes and skills.
While you're here, enjoy some pie history and TRIVIA, too.
There’s usually a pie on the kitchen counter at Pie Cottage so, come on in, pull up a chair, sit a spell, and of course, enjoy a piece of pie!
I hope you will join me!
Be Happy, Make Pie!
Kate McDermott, Pie Maker
Rabbit Rabbit
Rabbit Rabbit Yes, I say it when awakening this morning. “Rabbit Rabbit” ensuring, hopefully, good luck all month long. It’s a superstition in Britain and North America, and I’m sure we can all use a little extra good luck. Right now, I’m in the trenches on
Flash Sale
Flash Sale! I just went over to Amazon and saw that Art of the Pie is the #1 Best Seller in Dessert Baking right now and the Kindle edition of Art of the Pie is being offered for the screaming hot deal of just $2.99. I have no idea how long the sale is going […]
Break Day
Break Day Today is a break day for me…well, sorta. If you know me, and you figure that this will last maybe an hour at the most, you are right. After a week of making more pies using half and half and heavy whipping cream than I care to count, my scale and waistline concur […]
Elderflowers
Elderflowers Summer began last weekend and on that first lovely day I picked elderflowers. This is something I had never done but for years I had wanted to. A few weeks earlier, I texted my friend Crystie Kisler, the farmwife who heads up all things at Finnriver Cidery in Chimacum just one hour east of […]