Drone Pie

In December I saw Greg, Zach, and Ben in the Baltimore> D.C. leg of the Sun Circle/Bird Show tour.

  

For the D.C. show at the Lighthouse, the group house of my friend Layne (who always offers a pre-show potluck), I made a drone pie. It was another Bosch pear and cranberry, similar to the Welcome to Maine Pie we made for Artie, but was slightly sweeter, had a lot of ginger, and a half whole-wheat pastry/half all-purpose flour crust. The parabolas of crust around the lettering are meant to represent a sine wave.

We injested the drone (pie) after Echolalia and before Kokomo (who gave me a sweet tape in exchange for baking!) played, and it was gone by the time Sun Circle/Bird Show blew drones/dance tranced it out.

  

It was so nice to see these pals, even for a short while, and enter the PEZ with friends old and new, just like old times!

Welcome to Maine Pie

A few days after Thanksgiving I visited Derek and Robyn at their lovely seaside Portland home for some Christmas decorating and welcome-pie making for Artie, who was moving to Portland that evening. We decided to go with a rustic tart-tart of Bosch pear and cranberries, with not too much sugar, a bit of cinnamon, and a whole wheat (pastry flour) crust.For the crust design, Derek used his fine cartographic skills to cut out an outline of the state of Maine--complete with islands and practically perfect lettering. While it was baking, we joined Robyn in the dining room to string cranberries for the tree and watch at the window for Artie.When he finally arrived in his new state, we whipped up some cream and entered the Pie Enjoyment ZoneDerek and Robyn in the PEZ
Maine pie: The Way Life Should Be