My wife made apple pie for Thanksgiving and of course it was filled with apples grown in a local orchard here in Upstate New York. But the secret to her pies lately–what makes them truly memorable–is the crust and what’s in the crust–local lard. She got a slab of leaf lard from Flying Pigs Farm […]
What do you do when the dairy delivers a half-gallon of buttermilk by mistake? Answer: Make buttermilk pie. This was my wife’s inspiration. Although, if you had nailed my feet to the floor and doused me with hot coffee, I probably could have remembered there was something called “buttermilk pie.” I love the flavor and […]
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Really, all I wanted from my wife the baker were a few tips for making a sweet potato pie. We have all these sweet potatoes harvested from the garden and sweet potato pie was pencilled in as dessert for our choucroute dinner. But as so often happens, making this pie would not be as easy […]
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