Thanksgiving is really the best time of year to be the keeper of a nerdy blog about pie. It's been so nice the past few days to have ...

I never know what pies I'm making for Thanksgiving until the very last moment. There's just so much to choose from and I wonder if...

We're just one week away from the number one pie holiday of the year, and for a little bit of guidance, I'm participating in a Th...

A few years ago while both teaching at the New England Literature Program (NELP) and fresh off of reading Sandor Katz' Wild Fermen...

I believe it was Jess who first "introduced" me to Shauna. She showed me a Long I Pie photo -- of a golden crust baked in a c...

1st slice. D.C. is no doughnut town, but DCist gives it a good go with this round-up . When I'm hankering for  fried dough, I either...

Durham's Big Spoon Roasters did not yet exist when I lived on the Carolina Piedmont. Since I moved away, though, I've heard mur...

I've been negligent in serving up these slices. But it's a new month and new beginning--happy November! 1st slice. My Pentagra...

My friend tells me that every hipster in Carrboro, North Carolina has a pentagram tattoo these days, so maybe it sounds trite when I sa...

I grew up with corn all around me, but I was allergic. To corn and milk and grass and dust--a tough diagnosis for a Midwestern girl. At...

This past Spring I wrote a blog series for the Southern Foodways Alliance called "Give Me Some Sugar" on Southern women pastry...

Portions of this upcoming post originally appeared in the piece "Cobbled Together: American Fruit Desserts" on NPR's Kitc...

1st slice. I spent the past few days baking, talking shop, and running about town with the lovely and inspiring Kate Lebo (pictured a...

Portions of this upcoming post originally appeared in the piece "Cobbled Together: American Fruit Desserts" on NPR's Kitc...

This evening Seattle poet, pie baker, and  Pie School founder Kate Lebo and I will be hosting a reading & pie tasting at Trohv DC . ...

My most favorite time of year is almost here. I know that spring is traditionally the season of reawakening, but I tend to feel most in...