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One Great Big Family

09/26/2019 By Kate McDermott-Art of the Pie 8 Comments

One Great Big Family Let’s not forget how important it is to smile, nod hello to the next person we see, and remember how important it is to come together as family…because that’s what we are…one family…one great big family.  Love from your sister, Kate    

It’s Getting Close

04/11/2019 By Kate McDermott-Art of the Pie 27 Comments

It’s Getting Close It’s getting close now. Sunday I depart. Yesterday a dear friend, who travels on the cheap six months out of the year which I think qualifies her as being a well-seasoned practitioner of the craft, comes over to share with me her hints for packing. After a thorough once over of what […]

Spring Morning

03/30/2019 By Kate McDermott-Art of the Pie 10 Comments

Mary Scholastica Lyons O'Leary (1913) in Santa Barbara on a visit to see her daughter, Nora, and granddaughter, Loretta.

Spring Morning I open my eyes to a rainbow of sunlight this morning–prisms in my windows casting their many colors on the walls. How can one be anything other than happy at the wondrous surprise of this visible joy? This spring morning brings a new day to unfold before me. Yes, I have much to […]

Steak and Potato Pie Recipe

03/19/2019 By Kate McDermott-Art of the Pie 12 Comments

Steak and Potato Pie Recipe I’m still in the Celtic state of mind, and will be for sometime, as in less than a month, I will flying to the land of my adoptive ancestors birth. Ireland is from where my dad’s grandparents immigrated, and with names like O’Leary, Reilly, and Reardon, on the extended family […]

When Words Fail, There is Love

11/22/2018 By Kate McDermott-Art of the Pie 28 Comments

When Words Fail, There is Love Yesterday: I cook. I bake. I slip out to the store for more onions. I return, and cook and bake some more. After receiving an early morning message that my friend has lost the family home in a fire (not one of the fires in CA) I spring into action […]

The Ritual of Making the Thanksgiving Meal and Recipe for Pumpkin Chiffon Pie

11/19/2018 By Kate McDermott-Art of the Pie 4 Comments

The Ritual of Making the Thanksgiving Meal and A Recipe for Pumpkin Chiffon Pie Early every Thanksgiving morning, my grandmother, Geeg, got up at what felt like the crack of dawn, came into the kitchen and began the ritual of making the Thanksgiving meal. It was a ritual that started days before. I remember opening […]

With a Little Help from My Friends

04/21/2013 By Kate McDermott-Art of the Pie 33 Comments

I want to make sure that I write about things that you are interested in—things that will keep you coming back for more. Your comments will help me to know just what that is.

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