This past Sunday I hosted a live streaming event from my home kitchen, a class on incorporating your Thanksgiving leftovers into savory dinner pies. Thought these might come in handy, what with holiday guests coming and all. I had a great time doing this event. It’s a little scary working without a script because you […]
Crème Fraîche Corn Quiche
July 28, 2018 by
This is not the first fresh corn pie recipe you’ve seen here at The Pie Academy and it probably won’t be the last, though, sadly, it will be the last for 2018. Sigh… Forgive me for sulking, but it’s a measure of my love for fresh corn that I can bemoan the passing of corn […]
Swiss Chard Galette
March 31, 2018 by
My wife Bev and I just returned from a trip to Charlottesville, Virginia where I was a speaker at the 2018 Virginia Festival of the Book. As Bev will attest, it’s often difficult (maddening is the term she’d probably use) to get me out the door and away from my desk and kitchen. For better […]
Spaghetti Squash and Parmesan Cheese Quiche
March 18, 2018 by
It’s March, not exactly peak season for pie makers, so you’d be forgiven for thinking that I’m stretching when our featured recipe is a quiche made with spaghetti squash. Forgiven, but mistaken. But this is no stretch. It’s about shining a light on one of my favorite veggies of all time, one that’s both under-appreciated […]
The Harvest Baker Book Trailer
June 24, 2017 by
I always love to watch the trailers when I go to the movies. A well made trailer hits all the right notes, builds suspense and, if it’s done well, makes you greatly anticipate the flick in question. Or, in this case, the book in question, that being my new cookbook – The Harvest Baker. I’ll […]
Asparagus Tart with Bacon and Blue Cheese
May 31, 2017 by
The next time you’re in the market for a new good friend, I’ve got a suggestion: shop around for someone who grows his own asparagus. Or her own asparagus. Gender’s not the point. The point, if I may state the obvious, is that asparagus friends are worth their weight in, well, asparagus. While the rest […]
Brats and Beer Pot Pie
February 5, 2017 by
No one has come forward to point out my glaring oversight, but somehow September 23rd, 2016 – National Great American Pot Pie Day – came and went without notice, flying completely under my radar. My apologies: I intended no slight. But shame on me anyway for not tipping my hat to a category of pies […]
Natchitoches Meat Pies
January 14, 2017 by
Just in case you haven’t figured this out by now, I’m a sucker for virtually anything wrapped in a pastry dough. Cornish meat pies, hand pies, empanadas, turnovers sweet and savory, Indian samosas – if you’ve got a filling and a flaky, crusty wrapper, you’re probably one of my BFFs. A few years back I […]
Kale and Mushroom Pie with Seeded Crust
January 6, 2017 by
In 1976, the year I got out of the Navy, I was living in my hometown of Plainfield, New Jersey and working at my brother’s print shop (which, incidentally, is where I printed and self-published my first three cookbooks – long story for another day.) I was having the time of my life. I grew […]
Moroccan Lamb Pot Pie for National Pie Day
January 22, 2016 by
Today is January 23rd, National Pie Day, the day America celebrates everything we love about pie. It’s a great idea, one worthy of our indulgence. But I have often wondered what possessed the fine folks – who had the otherwise good sense to set aside a day for pie – to choose the month in […]
