Pie a Day

A lot of bakers have been clamoring for Nicole Mournian’s winning recipe from this year’s pie contest. Nicole took home not one, or two, but FOUR ribbons at the 4th Annual Good Food Pie Contest. It was her Pork and Peas Pie which landed her the ribbon for Best in Show. So what is the key to Nicole’s blue ribbon recipe? “My first secret is controlling …

 
This year’s pie contest was the fiercest competition yet. 285 pies were entered. A handful of bakers bowed out last minute – was the pressure of baking two pies was too great? – but there is no doubt that this year showcased the most pies ever in the history of the Good Food Pie Contest. First off congratulations to everyone who entered. Some bakers …

The 4th Annual Good Food Pie Contest was a whopping success. Over 200 pies were entered in 5 categories. Many of you baked pies. Many of your tasted pies. But here is a sneak peak of what it looked like behind the scenes where the judges deliberated over who made the best pies in each category.
 

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Pie-A-Day #48

When you dreamt about your wedding as a child did the tiered tower of frosted swoops and swirls take center stage? Or was it a tailored stack of sleek white shapes set off with sprigs of colorful blooms?   I think most young romantic dreamers desire to follow tradition.  But some couples want something different.  They want to create a new tradition.  One that …

PIE-A-DAY #47

On this penultimate day of Pie-A-Day (what ever will we eat next week?), The Kitchn’s Sara Kate Gillingham-Ryan offers us her Chilled Nectarine-Yogurt Pie.
Read below for the recipe, and click here to learn about the 4th Annual Good Food Pie Contest coming up this Saturday, September 8th, at LACMA. You’re coming, right?

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PIE-A-DAY #46

Karen Hatfield, of Sycamore Kitchen and Hatfield’s Restaurant, shared an elegant Banana Pie.
When Hatfield is not baking, she’s judging our pie contest! Click here to learn more about the 4th Annual Good Food Pie Contest. It’s coming up this  Saturday, September 8th, at LACMA.
Read below for Hatfield’s recipe.

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PIE-A-DAY #45

Today,  Becky Reams of The Delicious View offers her recipe for Blackberry Peach Pie. You shall eat not only blackberries and peaches, but bourbon caramel too.
Read below for Reams’ recipe and some of her pie memories, and click here to learn more about the 4th Annual Good Food Pie Contest on Saturday, September 8th at LACMA. It’s less than a week away!

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PIE-A-DAY #44

Sherry Yard, who oversees sweets for Woldgang Puck’s restaurants, shared a recipe from her 2007 book Desserts by the Yard.
Yard tops her Buttermilk Pie with a rhubarb and strawberry compote. The compote includes verjus, a type of acidic fruit juice.
Read below for Yard’s recipe, and click here to learn about the 4th Annual Good Food Pie Contest on Saturday, September 8th at LACMA. Yard will …

PIE-A-DAY #43

Word of the day: plumdom.
Dough fat of the day: olive oil.
Writer and NPR alum Frank Browning explains all below.
Keep reading for his Wild Plum and Pear Tart recipe, and click here to enter YOUR delicious pie (or pies) in the 4th Annual Good Food Pie Contest on Saturday, September 8th at LACMA. The deadline is this Monday, so enter enter enter!

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PIE-A-DAY #42

Melissa Cortina of The Pig and Pie Pastry Company thinks that rectangular pies are easier to make than round ones. Do you agree?
Try out her rectangular Pork and Apple Hand Pie.
Read below for the recipe, and click  here to enter YOUR delicious pie (or pies) in the 4th Annual Good Food Pie Contest on Saturday, September 8th at LACMA.

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