SHATTERING PIE PANS Earlier this year, when we still could travel, I took a trip to visit family across the country. During the visit I introduced my four-year-old great-nephew to pie making. In preparation for our session I went to a store in the area and bought a pie pan…a Pyrex pie pan…you know the […]
A Later Class
A Later Class The yoga studio I practice at has opened up a location about 20 miles east of me. I know that may seem like a long way to travel for a one hour class, but on occasion I do make the trek as sometimes getting to that 7AM class, even though it is […]
Kettle
Kettle kettle, noun 1. a container or device in which water is boiled, having a lid, spout, and handle; a teakettle. a large metal pot for cooking, usually with a handle. Old English cetel, cietel, of Germanic origin, based on Latin catillus, diminutive of catinus ‘deep container for cooking or serving food’. In Middle English the word’s […]
Did I Tell You?
Did I Tell You? I have new ovens…two of them! Did I tell you? After nearly a decade of baking in ovens across the country, a year of researching, and looking at my bank account more than once and wondering to myself, “can I really do this?” I bit the bullet and bought two brand spanking new […]
A CUT ABOVE
A CUT ABOVE Now some of you know from my previous (mildish) rants either in classes, my book, or online, I am frustrated by pastry blenders with tines that (IMHO) are way too close together. If I may quote myself, “Who wants cold fat stuck between four or five tines placed way too close together […]
Measuring Neat
Measuring Neat I would be less than honest if I didn’t say that fats for pie dough can be kinda messy to handle but recently I was introduced to one of the best ways ever of measuring neat. Late last year when I was prepping for a Pie Camp in Seattle, Leigh Olsen of Epicurean Creative […]
Potholders or Oven Mitts
Potholders or Oven Mitts I find oven mitts to be rather clunky and have dropped a pie or two, or even tipped the pan enough to spill a hot filling onto the oven floor, when removing one from the oven. And potholders? I have a number of rack burns on my hands and arms from moving pies around during a […]