Janet D. Stemwedel (whose nom de blog is Dr. Free-Ride) is an associate professor of philosophy at San Jose State University. Before becoming a philosopher, she earned a Ph.D. in physical chemistry. Email her at dr.freeride@gmail.com.
Here are my entries to the ScienceBlogs Pi Day Bake-off:
End-of-winter fruit pie
Apples and amaretto-soaked dried fruit in a nut crust. Dense and rich.
'I want to taste springtime!' violet custard pie
Delicate, creamy, and a little bit fantastic (seeing as how it requires harvesting petals from a couple hundred violets).
Schnockaschtettle
Quick and easy, with the perfect balance of molasses and crumb topping.
Tea-time cheesecake pie
Tea-scented cheesecake topped with citrus-y marmalade.
Foolish rhubarb pie
Tart, sweet, and creamy, rich and yet light
Lemon-berry pie
Lemon curd in a gingersnap crust, topped with fresh berries. Just the right amount of pucker.
Vegetarian shepherd's pie
Savory fake meat with vegetables and a smashed potato topping. A satisfying dinner after a day of herding the tofu.
Chocolate-almond meringue finale
The almond-y meringue is on the bottom, filled with a silky smooth, sparingly sweet chocolate custard. My favorite pie of all time.
And, here are some pie-charts that give you at-a-glance data about my eight pies:
Fruit pies or not
Ovo-utilization
What kind of crust
Oven-utilization
If you like one of these pies, please click over to the contest page and vote for it!
And, have a happy Pi Day!
Physical Science
Comments
Most of the photos seem to be about π/6 though. I demand photos of full πs!
*ahem* Carry on.
Posted by: Bob O'H | March 14, 2009 6:03 AM
what an effort, very well done, very funny.
thx, hans
Posted by: jw uijting | March 14, 2009 6:05 AM
Fucking awesome!
Posted by: Comrade PhysioProf | March 14, 2009 10:17 AM
What an awesome effort, Janet. Thank you.
There's no place to comment on the voting page, so I'll just bring up two points here:
1. There's no link on the voting page for the chocolate almond meringue pie.
2. I wish I could have voted for both an "entrée pie" and a dessert pie.
Posted by: chezjake | March 14, 2009 10:24 AM
Hilarious! I love the "Pi" charts. :)
Posted by: bioephemera | March 14, 2009 12:07 PM
I love science "Pi"s. They're so much better than ordinary pies!
Posted by: lilo | March 14, 2009 1:05 PM
There appears to be a problem with voting; there was no way to vote for pie delivery to my front door.
Posted by: Dr. Jekyll & Mrs. Hyde | March 15, 2009 12:59 AM
Congrats on the great pi's
But...{pet peeve) as a non american your recipes are'nt doable. Cups WTF!! Weight measures are much better.C'mon join the rest of the world so we can all share
Posted by: jon | July 19, 2009 4:31 PM