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In Celebration of the Day’s First Meal
When my brothers and I were working summer jobs during our college years, we would spend every Wednesday morning at our grandparents’ house, eating quiche or what Grandpa called “Mast-style omelets”...
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The Mission Continues: Pie Tips & Time Savers
‘Tis the season for pies, and it’s an exciting time for a burgeoning pie aficionado like myself. Since my last post, I’ve continued my delicious journey through A Year of Pies and though most of my...
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Pink is Where the Pie is At
My mother was not a great cook. But every year for Thanksgiving and Christmas, she would make an amazingly tart lemony pink lemonade pie. I loved this pie. I dreamed about this pie. Every year, I...
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Russian Piroshki: From Grandma with Love
Last weekend was Valentine’s Day, which is all about our loved ones. When I was a small girl, I loved weekends because that’s when my family would get together and do something fun. A lot of times we...
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Cooking Mixtape
When I plan a cooking project, I like to think of it as a multimedia experience. You have, of course, the food itself, the ultimate expression of your creativity. However, the area in which you will be...
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I Had Pie for Breakfast this Morning
I’m a grown up now, and I can do these types of things. Pumpkin Pie, to be more specific. It was leftover from the night before, untouched from Thanksgiving. We had plenty of yummy food, and it wasn’t...
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I Have a New Favorite Class
I recently taught Pie and Tart Boot Camp and it has moved to the number one spot on my “Favorite Classes to Teach” list. It’s a question that I get often from my students. They are always curious as to...
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Preserving Summer for Warming Winter Cocktails
I have been enjoying good whiskey and bourbon lately more than I have in the past. I have become partial to the “Old Fashioned” which is a cocktail comprised of bourbon (or even better with rye...
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Falling for Fall
I am really excited, okay almost delirious, about fall. Here are just some of the things I love about fall: cozy sweaters, the fact my Starbucks order turns from boring iced coffee to pumpkin lattes,...
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Brandied Cherries Come Full Circle
Last fall I wrote a blog about preserving the deliciousness of summer cherries for use at a later date. Now, that time has come. After initial inspection of the 12 pint jars of cherries I have in my...
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Pumpkin Pie = Love
I admit that I have a rather plentiful pantry at all times. I often have to remind myself that we don’t need to be prepared for the next natural disaster. But when I decided it needed to be cleaned up...
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Overcome Your Fear of Desserts
I love having friends over for dinner and sharing my love for food with them. When people walk into my home for a dinner party of any kind, be it an intimate gathering of four or a Thanksgiving table...
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Pitch the Pie & Bake a Rhubarb Cake
It was Sunday afternoon a couple weeks ago, and I needed to bring a dessert to our friends’ house that evening for dinner. I had bought rhubarb at the fabulous 61st Street Farmers Market in Hyde Park...
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That’s Peachy: The Sequel
It’s that time of the year again. As we head into summer, peach season begins! The almighty peach is back. I declared my love for the peach last summer. Now that it has returned, so has my inspiration....
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Exploding Pies and Trying New Things
On an early autumn evening when I was about 12, my mom made one of my favorite dishes: fresh Peach Pie. She set it on the stove for us to enjoy after our family dinner. The glistening, sugary peach...
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Got a Surplus of Apples? Make Easy Apple Butter
I love apples. So, what better way to embrace the apple season than going to pick your own? My family and I went apple picking at Crane Orchard in Fennville, Michigan a few weeks ago. We love this...
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Mission Pie: My Quest to become a Pie Aficionado
My great grandmother made four pies every morning of her adult life. I don’t actually remember the pies – what I remember is my grandmother knitting brightly colored slippers for everyone in the family...
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