I 've been getting back into meat-eating in 2012, but I'm not sure I'd be ready for Monroe's pie meat yet (or ever)! Circ...

 M y friend Becca is from Louisville, Kentucky, home of the famous bourbon-chocolate-pecan concoction, Derby pie. Her father, though, hail...

It's winter. And when you're into (somewhat) seasonal baking and fresh ingredients are your game, this time of year can be a c...

Two pies a piece at the University of Mary Washington in Fredericksburg, Virginia! From the UMW Centennial archives flickr .

M y friends Becca and Justin recently visited Maine's Portland Museum of Art, where they saw the Gather Up the Fragments: The Andrews S...

For Christmas, my mom gave my dad The Amish Cook: Recollections and Recipes from an Old Order Amish Family by Elizabeth Coblentz. My d...

This post comes from my friend, former NELP student, and now guest blogger, Cae Keenan! Though I have read a lot of Cae's writing befor...

  My grandma Eileen's handwritten lemon meringue pie recipe O ne tradition that is in decline in the internet a...

H appy New Year! I want to get up-to-date and share all the pies and tarts that friends and I made this holiday season, but before I do, I w...

Little Jack Horner in the Christmas PEZ T here are no plums planned for Christmas pies here in the Nothing-in-the-House kitchen, but th...

M y grandma Georgette is Belgian. When my brother and I were growing up, our family celebrated St. Nicholas Day , on the eve of the 5th/6t...

I t's the busiest baking time of the year, what with holiday celebrations at the office, screenings of It's A Wonderful Life at my...

W hile researching archival pie images and literature, as I am wont to do, I came across this version of a nursery rhyme A Apple Pie, estim...

My friends Stacy and Chris are the official Nothing-in-the-House Texas correspondents (though let's not forget our friend Shannon !), ...

Salt 'n' caramel, salt 'n' chocolate, buttered popcorn ice cream with bacon and pecans ( believe! ). Salted sweets are...

I know I still haven't posted about our Thanksgiving pies (though you can see some pictures of the day on the host MAV's blog here ...