If you’re reading this from my post, then our daughter Molly has successfully foraged and then baked a delicious mulberry pie for her dad on Father’s Day. If you are reading this from another source, then please know we went out in a happy blaze of buttery crust and sugared berries. Either way, our house [...]
I'm certain the 25 pies entered into the third annual Outagamie County Fair pie contest came from a multitude of inspirations. There were sour cherry and apple pies made from grandmother's recipe, neatly scrawled on a stained recipe card. Nature inspired pies like Raspberry Rose and Apple Bud. However, I'm certain mine was the only [...]
I'll always be grateful to Gulliver, the first turkey I ever cooked. From his humble beginnings on a farm owned by my father's friend, Gulliver grew to be the largest turkey we ever cooked in our oven -- weighing in at a whopping 22.46 lbs. He was a feisty turkey, even post-mortem, attempting a daring escape from our [...]
After watching a Diners Drive-ins and Dives marathon, one can't help but be inspired to open her own restaurant, come up with a cute name and a nice location, and spend the entire night coming up with weird and exciting kinds of pie. Maybe that last part was just me, but still. Since we started [...]
The Challenge: Because the nuttiest brother I have, Vinnie, has not been able to try one of my new pie crusts, he gets to pick any pie in the world and I have to make it. The Pie: Peanut Butter Nutella Strategy: Wait for the first day the temperature dips into the 70s. Prepare ingredients [...]