The lens through which I come up with ideas is admittedly a tad off the grid from what your average person might consider normal. I’m rarely surprised that when I throw an idea out there, I’m often met with looks of skepticism or, in most cases, advice not to do it. But, in most cases, […]
read moreIt’s that time of year – bundles of holiday cards are arriving in my mailbox. Each shiny photo card of friends I love reminds me that I didn’t send any this year. Not because I was too busy, or because I forgot, but because I didn’t have a card-worthy photo. How vain of me. […]
read more“I could never make crust.” That is the #1 reason people give for not making pie. The prepping, making filling and the baking all pale in comparison to how worried people are about making crust. No judgment here – I totally get it. Crust was the bane of my existence for easily the first six […]
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The story that follows is one that I wrote in my early months of learning to make pie about a visit with Mrs. Eason who made pie for President Obama. In the months following that visit, I continued to stay in touch with Mrs. Eason. Once, she called me and asked me to bring a […]
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I have a change addiction. Not change like shiny quarters and pennies, but actual change, as in the verb. I find myself always working towards the next big thing. In my 20’s it was easy. Change came around every year or so. A new apartment, a new job, an engagement, a wedding – I was […]
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Pie is my zen. Time and again, I’m always surprised by the random thoughts that enter my mind as I clear my head and focus on making pie. Over the past few weeks, my pietifications have centered around a funny phenomenon that I now affectionately call the Disappearing Mommy. I’ve been seeing articles recently about […]
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Pie is my zen. Time and again, I’m always surprised by the random thoughts that enter my mind as I clear my head and focus on making pie. Over the past few weeks, my pietifications have centered around a funny phenomenon that I now affectionately call the Disappearing Mommy. I’ve been seeing articles recently about […]
read moreYou know your life has turned a corner when upon visiting a new city, you embark on a pie crawl and not a bar crawl like a more youthful and resilient version of yourself might have say, oh, 15 years ago. My how time has changed me – those rounds of cherry bombs and appletinis […]
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“Sometimes people are layered like that. There’s something totally different underneath than what’s on the surface….Like pie is.” Joss Whedon Pie continues to pop up in my life in unexpected ways. This latest Pie It Forward was no exception – this was a total unplanned, surprise Pie It Forward. For years, I have been interested […]
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I dread baking during the work week for one simple reason – dishes. I love the baking part, but the aftermath is just so overwhelming when all I want to do is call it a night and go to bed. My M.O. each time I’m in the kitchen is to use as few utensils and […]
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I always have the best results when I don’t over think things. Take my hair, for instance. The days that I’m late, half-showered and furiously drying my hair to get out the door are usually the days that people tell me my hair looks good. “What did you do to your hair?” they will ask. […]
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In case you haven’t caught on yet, last Monday was National Pie Day. I had never heard of this holiday until recently, so naturally, I was all over it. What better excuse to bake (and eat) tons of pie? I spent the weekend baking up a storm and then the whole family hit the pavement […]
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