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A COURTSHIP WITH PIE

03/14/2021 By Kate McDermott-Art of the Pie 20 Comments

This is the 7th in a series of Pie Camp Stories.

MARGARET AND DAVID: A COURTSHIP WITH PIE
Before meeting, pie had a strong place in the lives of both Margaret and David. Margaret’s midwestern childhood was full of the blueberry pies her great-grandmother made, and David’s Pacific Northwest memories included the apple pies made by his grandmother and father.

Margaret and David had each been “widowed too soon and after much grief” they met on a beach walk near Seattle. Their experiences of loss gave them much in common, but they also found pie was rolling out a new path for them, and wooing each other with pie became a part of their courtship. Margaret’s specialty was blackberry, peaking his interest in her, and she says that David’s apple pies made her “weak in the knees”.

On International Pie Day, March 14, 2014, David proposed to Margaret, and she accepted. That night they shared an apple raspberry pie with a beautiful lattice top as a symbol of the weaving together of their two lives. At their wedding feast a year later, a baker’s dozen pies graced the dessert table. Even with all the preparations on the morning of the wedding, David somehow had found the time to make an apple, a blackberry and a rhubarb pie for the reception.


The couple’s love of pie continues as their love for each other grows. They have a small pie garden in their backyard, and together they harvest the rhubarb, raspberries, blackberries, and apples they tend together. Margaret says that David makes the best crust, and David says Margaret’s fillings are the best. When you put both of them together, it truly sounds like a marriage made in pie heaven.


Favorite Pie to Make: Any pie we make together.
Favorite Pie to Eat: Pumpkin (David), Sour Cherry Pie (Margaret)

Filed Under: PIe Camp Book Tagged With: 3.14, pi day, Pie Camp, Pie Camp Stories

20 Thoughts on A COURTSHIP WITH PIE
    Diana
    14 Mar 2021
     7:59am

    This is wonderful!

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      Kate McDermott-Art of the Pie
      14 Mar 2021
       9:15am

      It’s such a wonderful story for pie day!

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    Betty
    14 Mar 2021
     8:04am

    What a wonderful love story, Kate. Thank you for sharing! I owe my ‘no fear of dough’ to you and Pie Camp and have moved into making scones for our local tea room 🙂

    Betty Young
    Titusville, Florida

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      Kate McDermott-Art of the Pie
      14 Mar 2021
       9:15am

      This is wonderful to hear, Betty!

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    Pamela
    14 Mar 2021
     8:41am

    Happy Pi(e) day. I have an apple/raisin coming along.

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      Kate McDermott-Art of the Pie
      14 Mar 2021
       9:16am

      OH that sounds good! Happy baking to you today and every day!

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      Pamela
      14 Mar 2021
       12:49pm

      Thank you for your inspiration, Kate. The smell of baking makes my house see all the more cozy on this rainy, windy day in Port angeles.

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        Kate McDermott-Art of the Pie
        14 Mar 2021
         12:50pm

        It sure is stormy. I have a pie in the oven right now warming my cottage.

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    Shannon
    14 Mar 2021
     12:16pm

    Such a sweet story and a beautiful tribute to pie day!

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      Kate McDermott-Art of the Pie
      14 Mar 2021
       12:32pm

      I’m so glad you like it, too!

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    Amy Wallen
    14 Mar 2021
     1:33pm

    My husband, like me, is a chicken pot pie fanatic. Every year since he was a kid he had chicken pot pie on his birthday. After we met, on his birthday I offered to make him a chicken pot pie. He deferred and said other women had tried but they were never the same as the Swansons frozen ones he loved. I suggested he let me try, that I was pretty sure my pie would show him what pie was supposed to be. He relented certain his birthday pie would be a disappointment. Well, did I mention he’s my husband? It’s now tradition that all his kids and the grandkids come to our house for his birthday and chicken pot pie celebration.

    Margaret and David’s story is so lovely that I wanted to share how pie is a love story often.

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      Kate McDermott-Art of the Pie
      14 Mar 2021
       1:35pm

      Such a sweet stories, both! Happy Pi Day, Amy!

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    Sue Manning
    14 Mar 2021
     2:47pm

    Out of such sadness came something so sweet and delightful to share. May God continue to Bless you both. Happy Pi Day…💞

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    David Shull
    14 Mar 2021
     7:30pm

    Thanks, Kate, for sharing our story. We’re still in love and still baking pies! Much love, David and Margaret

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      Kate McDermott-Art of the Pie
      14 Mar 2021
       8:13pm

      This just makes my heart sing. Much love to you both!

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    Carlin
    14 Mar 2021
     8:55pm

    Oh I love seeing this! I open my blog feed and see a picture of Margaret. I knew her here in Georgia and love seeing how happy she is now. And connected by pie.

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      Kate McDermott-Art of the Pie
      14 Mar 2021
       8:58pm

      Amazing! This just makes this Pi(e) Day the best ever!

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    Monica
    15 Mar 2021
     7:27pm

    Lovely and “sweet” story. Thank you for sharing!

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      Kate McDermott-Art of the Pie
      15 Mar 2021
       7:45pm

      You are so very welcome, Monica!

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    Bev
    20 Mar 2021
     3:06pm

    What a lovely and inspirational story. So happy for you, Margaret and David, that you found each other!

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