Tag: pie
Tall Clover Farm Photos du Jour
I am basically a crow with a camera. My photography isn't planned or staged, unless it's instructional or to provide an example, but for...
How to Make Pie Dough Shine
Pie is my spirit animal. Okay, that's a bit much, how about pie is a smile on my plate. (Hmmm, me thinks I'm trying...
Peach Melba Pie Takes Center Stage
French chef and restaurateur Auguste Escoffier created the original Peach Melba dessert in honor of 1890s songbird Nellie Melba. (Melba toast is another story.) The simple,...
Objects of My Affection: Trash, Treasure, and Thrift Store Finds
My apologies to California, but the Pacific Northwest is being blessed with another gully washer. Bedazzled with raindrops that quickly channel off the panes, my...
Goldilocks and the One Bearish Bulldog
Someone's Sitting in My Chair...
Boz and Gracie, my beloved bullies, are never short of entertaining antics. So when my friend Nancy stopped by for...
Life Lessons From the Month of July
As an admirer of Joseph Campbell, I've always loved an axiom he shared in one of his early essays, "Why would you fish for...
Dressed Up for Easter: Frangipane Strawberry Rhubarb Pie
Winter serves up some lean pie months, at least in the fresh fruit category. After exhausting my local supply of Meyer lemons for Shaker lemon...
Jeanette’s Best Easy Apple Pie Recipe
Truly, the best easy apple pie recipe in my dessert dossier.
Jeanette's Apple Pie: I could eat it for breakfast, lunch and dinner (and have).
As...
Peaches and Cream Pie: Happiness by the Slice
Peaches and Cream Pie I have stars in my eye for peach pie.
Let me be forthright; I have very broad standards when it comes to peach...
Slicin’ Up Some Chanterelle Mushroom Pie
The rain has returned and so has my need for comfort food, the kind of chow that warms me like another log on the...