Hello from the Midwest! I am on a whirlwind combined work and fun trip this week. I have a complicated eating itinerary for each city I’m hitting to help me and my stomach make the most of this trip. (It might be a little bit intense.) There are backup times to go to certain places […]
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Cherry Chocolate Pie
Upon baking my very first cherry pie (the little one, pictured above), I got very excited and sent the photo to a friend saying, “This is the most American thing I’ve ever done.” And then, because I still can’t leave well enough alone, I immediately started dreaming up how I’d change it. Sorry, USA. But, […]
How to Make Pie for a Wedding, Pt 2
When I last left you, I was making very bad pie puns. I’m sorry to say that this will continue, though at least we are actually making the pies this time around. Though I obviously had a lot of serious pre-pie-ration thoughts, the beginning of making the actual pies was a bit unplanned, for me. Having […]
How to Make Pie for a Wedding, Pt 1
Woman wakes with a start the night before the wedding and runs to her car in pajamas and a coat — too classic, right? Well, the woman was me, and, no, I’m not married. But, alongside a Portland-based Pie Master, I did recently bake lots pies for two of my closest friends’ wedding. And, if you’re wondering, […]
April Bloomfield’s Pot-Roasted Artichokes
Have we chatted artichokes? I love them for more than a mayonnaise (I mean, aioli) vessel, though, seriously, I do love a good aioli, too. I find their flavor bafflingly difficult to describe other than, “… good,” (followed perhaps by some grunts of approval), but I do heartily approve. Also, does eating a lot of artichokes […]