Education – Pie Reimagined

Vegan Class

Today I signed up for a vegan quiche and falafel class at a nearby senior center. This is a total pie reimagined pie! I was fed a super healthy lunch as a result. The quiche consisted of tofu instead of eggs to bind it together. This version contain spinach, mushrooms, red peppers, onions, shallots, andContinue reading “Vegan Class”

Irish Soda Bread

I did an online class today through Craft at Chatham to make Irish Soda Bread. The class gave us two versions so I made both. One is a brown soda bread and the other is sweeter with currents and orange juice. Yum! This was the perfect side for our holiday corned beef and cabbage.

Continuing National Pie Day

My National Pie Day week is continuing with delivery of this amazing book that I found through a used book seller since it is out of print. Ken Haedrich wrote the first pie book that I ever owned. Recently I was looking through his website at his books and noticed this amazing book devote toContinue reading “Continuing National Pie Day”

Pie Differences

I tend to vary my pies to cobbles, buckles, and crisps during various seasons. I’ve even dabbled making a pandowdy. This graphic illustrates the differences perfectly. For Thanksgiving a pie is traditional but vary it bit to include other varieties. Personally this is inspiring me to make a pear cobbler.

Kate McDermott Demo

Tonight, Kate McDermott gave a virtual demo tonight through the North Olympic Library System for a one cup dough to ultimately demonstrate a lattice top pie. I was lucky enough to get the invitation and then was lucky enough to get into the demo.

1st Galette

Typically I post pictures of pies that I make. However my friend’s daughter took a baking class recently at Culinary Underground and made this fabulous blueberry Galette. She said it was just a basic fruit recipe, which would be around a pound of fruit a bit of thickener such as flour, a cup of sugar,Continue reading “1st Galette”

Impromptu Demo with Kate

I was looking through Facebook. Kate McDermott came on to do an impromptu dough rolling demonstration. she demonstrated how to fix rips, tears and holes in dough rolling. She was as informative as ever! I can’t wait to do some of this at home!

Book Sale Find

I found this yesterday at my local library books sale. I can’t wait to take it all in and try some of the recipes today. I didn’t know anything about the Little Pie Company but I’m excited to try it the next time I am in New York.

Presents, Presents, Presents!!

I’ve been slow this year to start my pie crust experiments. However my New Year’s presents to myself were these goodies, and more, to help me become a baking master. As I make my way through the books, I’ll post notes and observations. Another goodie this week is another pie baking class at the CambridgeContinue reading “Presents, Presents, Presents!!”