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British Pie Week 2025
I thought I knew pies. I grew up in pie country – the farmland of the Midwest – where pies were the preferred dessert over cakes. Homemakers had high standards and were true connoisseurs of pie crusts. But leave it…
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The Pie’s the Thing
Pies have always been my favorite dessert. But even though I grew up watching my mother and grandmother make pies, I don’t think I have the skills necessary to make a great pie. It’s all in the crust. However, I…
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A Paean to Pie
Growing up in the Midwest farmland of the 1950s meant that I was living in the pie capital of the world. In most homes, it was the dessert of choice. In my grandmother’s time, pie suppers, where the local bakers’…
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Capturing Grandma’s Recipes
My Grandmother Dodge – my mother’s mother – served a taste sensation that I have been trying to recreate. It was a pie unlike anything I’ve seen or tasted since: A flaky one-crust pie with a thin layer of a…
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Bess’ Secret Pie
A recreation of my grandmother's pie
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Sabrina’s Best Apple Pie
This recipe from Sabrina Babcock was adapted from Cooking Down East by Marjorie Standish.
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Blueberry Glace Pie
This delicious pie from Sabrina Babcock was adapted from a recipe in Cooking Down East by Marjorie Standish. (It requires fresh Maine wild blueberries.)
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Sabrina’s Pie Crust Recipe
Sabrina Babcock is known as a master pie baker, and this recipe makes enough for a two-crust pie or two individual pie crusts
