Perspective

mmm breakfast pie

Biggest pear pie ever

Happy December 25th!

(for those of you who know the Karen kitchen, this isn't a dinner plate. This is the serving platter.)

Thanksgiving pies

Pumpkin and apple. Was supposed to be pear but they weren't ripe, I'll have to make the pear pie on Friday or Saturday.

Made little cinnamon crescents with the pie crust remainders. So good it makes me think these will be very good pies.

Best crust recipe ever

http://www.theawl.com/2009/11/stop-being-a-wuss-how-to-make-pie-crusts

Birthday Pie

like a love letter to perfect juicy sweet summer peaches




Ode to peach pie





mmmmmm
day after birthday pie

Recovery Pie

I may have had a wee bit too much wine last night and spent most of the day on the couch. By late this afternoon, I needed food! Made this with the first peaches from the Greenmarket, supplemented by oh-so-juicy berries. What better way to recover?

Strawberry Pie!

I forgot to take a picture -- and maybe just as well, because although delicious, it wasn't so pretty (it didn't jell properly). I'm kind of opposed to corn starch as thickener, but strawberries don't have enough pectin to make it jell on its own. I only put in a little, so it was more like a thick strawberry soup with a cinnamon graham cracker crust, but oh so tasty.

I think you can only make strawberry pie a couple of weeks a year. You have to use the little, sweet local strawberries, in perfect ripeness. The big, less favorful strawberries that you can ship cross-country simply don't cut it.

We'll see if they're still in the farmer's market on Wednesday, and if so, I'll try to get over my thickener issues and make a proper pie. Stay tuned...