Pi Day bake-off pie roundup (with pie charts).
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Eight pies, described in pictures, words, and charts. Yum!
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Eight pies, described in pictures, words, and charts. Yum!
Posted by Janet D. Stemwedel at 5:43 AM • 7 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
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Of all the Pi Day pies I have offered to you here, I'm pretty sure this one is my favorite. It has a fabulous mix of flavors (sparingly sweet chocolate, almonds, a hint of cinnamon) and textures (creamy custard in...
Posted by Janet D. Stemwedel at 9:45 PM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
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Saturday is Pi Day, and I figure we need at least one dinner pie to precede the parade of dessert pies currently on hand. (It's the whole parental responsibility thing. I do not judge adults who eat dessert pie for...
Posted by Janet D. Stemwedel at 7:31 PM • 5 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
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Given that we have an enthusiastic lemon tree, a lemon pie for Pi Day was inevitable. The kind of berries you use will change the character of the finished pie. My recommendation is to go with berries that are fresh...
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Rhubarb seems to be one of those foods that people either love or hate. I love it, but I didn't feel like using it for strawberry-rhubarb pie, the pie that introduced me to rhubarb. Instead, I decided to make...
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The wet weather in these parts led to an almost (but not quite) predictable cancellation of soccer games on the weekend that we were supposed to provide snacks. This means I ended up staring at a surplus of navel oranges...
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In the ScienceBlogs Pi Day bake-off, it would seem that Pastry Chef Free-Ride has a posse. Reader Jake emailed me to share a pie recipe for me to prepare with the sprogs. Writes Jake, "This is one member of the...
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We're still a week away from Pi Day, but the break in the rain here has made me believe that spring may be on its way. What better way to celebrate spring (especially in the aftermath of a wintertime fruit...
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It's not Pi Day yet, but there's no reason to believe my first pie will be the one that hits the target. So, here's my opener in anticipation of March 14th, a dried cherry/dried apricot/apple pie in a nut crust....
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