Pie-Making Resources for Home Bakers of All Levels
I know very little about horses and even less about the sport of horse racing, but that never stopped me and my wife Bev from attending what used to be one of the biggest steeplechase races in Maryland – the Marlborough Hunt Races held in Davidsonville, outside of Annapolis. At least, they called it a [...]
As you know, Sunday is Easter, a day when consuming obscene amounts of chocolate eggs, chocolate bunnies, and the like is downgraded to a misdemeanor as we indulge our collective passion for chocolate. What better day, then, to try this Chocolate Cream Pie with Oreo Crumb Crust? If you’ve never made a cream pie before…or [...]
When you’re the Dean of The Pie Academy and avowed champion of all things pastry, certain people aren’t shy about letting you know when your good graces are expected. Take, for instance, this email I received the other day from one of my sisters, whom I’ll call Joanne since that’s her name: It’s Joe’s birthday [...]
Let’s talk about dates, the sort that has nothing to do with meeting your soulmate online. More to the point, let’s talk about Medjool dates because unless you’ve had the good fortune to sample these plump, soft, and exquisitely sweet “king of dates”, well, you just haven’t lived. According to an article on NPR’s website, [...]
So, what are you doing for your Valentine on Thursday? Candy? Flowers? A romantic candlelight dinner? Whatever your plans, I hope there’s room for this decadent pie. It would be the perfect way to cap off a day of loving gestures. And your beloved will be smitten. (As if you could go wrong with any [...]
Vanilla ice cream is always wonderful with pie, but for something a little different try this Vanilla Custard Sauce. It’s crucial that you watch it carefully and use moderate heat so it doesn’t curdle and turn into sweet scrambled eggs. It can be used warm, but it’s more full bodied and tastes better – I [...]
This is going to be one of those less-is-more moments. As in less talking about this free-form pie, and more just showing you how it’s done. Indeed, this is a first here at The Pie Academy: an instructional video set entirely to music. No blabbing about why you’d want to make this: if the video [...]
