On a trip through Eastern Pennsylvania last fall, Dick and I were driving on an interstate and were hungry for lunch – very hungry. We pulled off at the next exit and used our apps to find a nearby restaurant.
A New Year’s Moon Walk in Matanzas Pass Preserve, Fort Myers Beach, Florida: Full Moon Pie
This year, I greeted 2018 by going on a “Moon Walk” in Matanzas Pass Preserve, a sixty-acre transitional wetland preserve on Fort Myers Beach. My in-laws were contributors to its purchase in 1979! Since then, the site has added a
Making Sausage: Sausage Quiche, Smoking Goose, Indianapolis
My friend Nancy won a sausage-making class in a raffle and invited me to join her. The class was held at the Smoking Goose, a local butchery. This shop features hand-made, pasture-raised salami, salumi, smoked and dry-cured meats and terrines,
Watching the Cranberry Harvest in Central Wisconsin: Cranberry-Walnut Pie, Diane
My favorite pie is cranberry-walnut. I found the recipe in my Mother’s Milwaukee Junior League cookbook years ago, and have made it every Thanksgiving since then. As Dick and I were planning our trip to Wisconsin this fall, we discovered
Remembering Rosemaling: Lingonberry-Apple Pie, Norske Nook Restaurant and Bakery
Remembering Rosemaling: Lingonberry-Apple Pie, Norske Nook Restaurant and Bakery As often happens when looking for something, you find something else, and then one thing leads to another, and you could end up eating a pie! This is exactly what happened
A Sisters Week in Salem, Oregon: Cherry City Hand Pie, Acme Café
This year we held our annual sisters week at the new home of Carolyn in Salem, Oregon. It was the peak of cherry season, and we discovered that Salem is known as “Cherry City.” We did not waste any time
Family History and a Tale of Two Pies: Sunny Silver Pie Nonna and Mrs. Lillie
My Aunt Isabel was a food writer and restaurant critic for the New York Herald Tribune in the 1960s and 70s, and when she retired she wrote freelance articles featuring her family history as told through recipes. One of her
A Fourth of July Pie Fest: Blueberry Goat Cheese Pie, 3 Sisters Café Indianapolis
It is the Fourth of July, and we need pies. Call in the troops, we will make pies! One to eat now, and one to eat after the fireworks! Granddaughters Kristen and Sarah, and great-granddaughter Nadia came to the rescue.
Easy as Pie, Even a Two-Year Old Can Make One: Peppermint Ice Cream Pie, Joel
Our great-nephew, Joel, is visiting us with his parents and four-month-old brother. Joel already loves to cook, and Mom suggested we make a pie! It is hot, so what would be better than an ice cream pie? Working on a
Pies in New York City, From the Sublime to the Ridiculous: Salted Carmel Apple Pie, Four and Twenty Blackbirds
It is spring in New York, and pie pal Jan and I made what is now our annual pie pilgrimage, disguised as a theater trip. While we did see three great shows, Hello Dolly with Bette Midler, Anastasia, and Come