This has become my favorite recipe. Not just because it’s everything you’d ever want in a holiday pie, but because it’s a collaboration with my former colleague, cellist Dane Johansen from The Cleveland Orchestra. Quick aside – I had a brief stint working as a fundraiser at The Cleveland Orchestra. Not only are they one […]
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I have to title my pumpkin pie recipes by year now. There’s a pandemic one where I roasted fresh pumpkin, there another one where I settled on what I thought would be my go-to traditional pumpkin pie recipe. Way back in the blog there is a Caramel Pumpkin Pie recipe adapted from one of my […]
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2024 note: I’ve never roasted a pumpkin again. Don’t do it. My boys are wondering why I am still practicing pumpkin pie. They are of the opinion that there must be a ceiling here – a moment when it’s perfect and I no longer have to get out my notebook, review my notes from past […]
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Let’s face it. Traditional pumpkin pie is in the “if it’s not broke, don’t fix it” category. Every Thanksgiving I embark on yet another futile effort to find THE pumpkin pie. You know where it is? On the back on the Libby’s pumpkin can. Sure, go ahead and roast your own pumpkin or get all […]
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