What better to commemorate National Pie Day then a big, deep-dish, double-crust, packed to the brim, all-American apple pie? And a darn right perfect one at that! Yep, let’s just skip to the end – I did it and it was awesome. Week after week, I sit here behind my keyboard and espouse my latest […]
read moreLet it be known to the world that… Monday, January 23rd is National Pie Day! Yes, my friends, not only have I discovered a new hobby, but I have also discovered a new set of holidays! And if that were not enough, right on it’s heels is February – National Pie Month! Oh, what is […]
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It’s 2012 and the best thing to do for a new year is to come clean and start fresh. Don’t get excited – there’s nothing juicy here like sordid affairs, slipping my kids Benadryl so they will sleep, or a problem with shop lifting. My confessions are rather mundane, but they are mine and blogging […]
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Here’s the thing – I look forward to getting my oil changed at those Quick Lube places like I look forward to wiping my kid after he goes to the bathroom. The experience is uncomfortable, it smells and I need to wash my hands afterwards. It’s always the same song and dance. The minute […]
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Do you ever have those weeks where you feel like you’re trying way too hard? For some reason, you have deliberately complicated your days with too many tasks and too many commitments all in the name of proving to yourself you can do it all? That was my week. I blame it on kindergarten. If […]
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The calendar need only read December 1st and visions of orange zest, nutmeg, clove and spice start swirling in my head. How quickly I break up with pumpkin pie and move on to the warm, intoxicating smells of the winter holidays. December is a month that I spend in my kitchen trying to recreate the […]
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What better time to spread the pie love than the week of Thanksgiving? In addition to choosing someone deliberately, I also kept some pie in my car and handed it out when nice people crossed my path. For some reason, I get really nervous before giving people pie. I have stage fright and feel like […]
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According to me, you get total pie street credit if you’re from the South. If you have an accent and hail from any of the states below Ohio, I automatically assume that you are harboring your Great Grandma’s family pie recipe and that you know some worldly secrets about great pie making. After all, don’t […]
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We all have one. That favorite teacher who you still think about even though you’re decades removed from their classroom. The one whose example you call upon when giving your husband (who is a teacher) a pep talk that someday one of his students will be talking about him. Good teachers get under your skin […]
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I don’t have a lot of enthusiasm in my heart for the other big “P” of the Thanksgiving table. Pecan pie. I’ve always put it into the category of Stuff My Dad Eats: Pickled beets, spinach with vinegar, chicken livers, cole slaw… food that I’m convinced takes a heavy dose of testosterone to palate. I […]
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There is a distinct rank and file to my Thanksgiving table: 1. Pumpkin Pie 2. Pumpkin Pie 3. Oyster dressing 4. Turkey Nothing upstages pumpkin pie in my book. About three weeks before Thanksgiving, I find myself drawn to every magazine at the grocery store. “Your best Thanksgiving Ever!” (Yes!) “A Pumpkin Pie to Wow […]
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Sometimes, you only need to look across the street to find some inspiration. When it was time to choose my Pie it Forward suspect, I knew exactly who was next on my list. Norm and Carol’s house was the first one we noticed when we bought our new house in the Spring of 2010. Every […]
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