Art of the Pie®

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Pie Fear Be Gone

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This is the 4th in a series of Pie Camp stories…and recipes. This story is from Tom, who came to make pie with me when I was teaching for many years in Seattle. As with many who come to Pie Camp, we met as strangers, but departed as friends. Pie seems to have a way of doing […]

How to Create a Recipe

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An Experiment in the Oven It’s is in the oven. An experiment. I put it in 5 minutes ago and I wonder what will it turn out to be…a hit or a miss. I’ve made both. You would think I might take a hiatus from creating recipes for a time but on my counter today, […]

Butter Tarts

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In honor of Canadian Thanksgiving today, I would like to share with you the recipe in Pie Camp for Butter Tarts. To my neighbors to the north of me, I very much hope that one day soon, our borders will be safely open, and we can visit each other again. Until then, may your Thanksgiving […]

HONEY PEACH BLACKBERRY COBBLER

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This is the 3rd in a series of Pie Camp stories…and recipes. HONEY PEACH BLACKBERRY COBBLER As you know there are so many many recipes and words that I submitted for Pie Camp, I could probably publish an ebook with just the ones we had to set aside. I know I could figure out how […]

Celebrations

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I love celebrations as they give us a way to honor the passage of events in our lives both big and small. This morning I celebrate a new day. The moon is in the earth sign of Taurus and the farmers almanac says that it is a good day to plant root crops, so I […]

My Mother Always Made the Pies

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This is the 2nd in a series of Pie Camp stories. Passing on a Craft My friend Rebekah came to the very first pie workshop I ever taught. It was super informal. I had been making pies for quite awhile; playing around with ratios, ingredients, whether to put vodka in a crust or not, varieties […]