2011 was the year of learning to make pie. Lots of reading, lots of baking and lots (and lots) of eating.

I created Pie Eyed that year with the intention of simply recording recipes until I accomplished what I had set out to do – make the best pie ever. It wasn’t long until I was baking more pie than I could (or should) eat, so I began giving it away to people as a way to thank them. Before I knew it I was accepting invitations into people’s lives to hear their stories in exchange for the pie I gave them. I called my movement Pie it Forward and found that sharing pie was an incredible way to get to know people.

What I learned in those early years, was that Pie Eyed was less about pie, and more of a distraction from coping with four miscarriages I had experienced. Making pie quieted my mind, and provided the space I needed to think and reflect during those late evening hours alone in my kitchen. Giving pie to others pulled my attention outward and I began to heal through helping.

Like what’s under a pie crust, there is more going on underneath all of us than meets the eye. This is why pie is so important to me. Making pie and sharing it has uncovered connections and relationships that would have never been possible otherwise. 

While many things have changed over the years, the founding principles of this blog have not. Pie Eyed remains a space for the average person at home in their kitchen to realize the gifts pie-making has to offer. This is a community of people, embracing imperfection both in pastry and in life, seeking to find the beautiful things that lie just beneath all of us. We practice grace. We practice gratitude. And we humbly offer the best version of ourselves (and the pie we make), understanding that it’s really the people we meet along the way that makes the pie perfect.