Is a quiche a pie or a tart? By the strictest definition, a pie with only a bottom crust is a tart. Janet Clarkson writes in her book, Pie: A Global History, of the lively debate in the 1920s in which “the Oxford English Dictionary, the erudite nineteenth century readers of The Times, and the […]
White Bean Soup Recipe
White Bean Soup Recipe I don’t consider myself a writer. A home baker, yes–but writer? Well, that has come as a big surprise. When writing Art of the Pie, I had no idea what I was doing. I thought one handed in a sheaf of recipes, went to some photo shoots, and then everything would […]
Apple Cider Pressing Day and Hearty Cheddar Cheese Potato Soup
Apple Cider Pressing and Hearty Cheddar Cheese Potato Soup We have an apple cider pressing at Pie Cottage each fall and this year was no exception. At noon on Saturday, the pressing began and it continued for over ten hours. 90 gallons had been the highest total up to this year, but on Saturday we […]
Berry Good Coffee Cake
Berry Good Coffee Cake This morning I received an email about the Berry Good Coffee Cake recipe on pages 42-43 in Home Cooking with Kate McDermott from an eagle eyed reader. “I noticed a discrepancy in the granulated sugar in this recipe; ingredients list calls for 1 and 1/3 cup sugar but the procedure only […]