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 […]
Thirty-Six Years
Thirty-Six Years That’s how long this Thanksgiving day potluck has been going on. I haven’t been there for all of them…but thirty years ago I came to my first, when Duncan was not quite two years old. Here are some 2018 photos—30 years later! Over the years we have become more than friends. We have […]
On the Road Again: Home Cooking
On the Road Again with Home Cooking with Kate McDermott Like the Willie Nelson song, On the Road Again, it’s book tour time. There are so many aspects of writing a book before one gets to that point. Recipes, testing, writing, photography, re-writes, deadlines, sleepless nights…and then the day arrives that your baby goes out in […]
Home Cooking with Kate McDermott Birthday
Home Cooking with Kate McDermott Birthday! Today’s the day! It’s the official release day of Home Cooking with Kate McDermott, my second collaboration with the amazing photographer Andrew Scrivani. I am so proud of this book and hope that it brings home cooking and easy recipes into your kitchen, as well as good times shared at tables […]