Happy holidays! I've been to the Midwest for a week and back again, but the season's festivities are not over yet. Tomorrow a cre...

I came home a little earlier than usual for Christmas this year. So far I've had a sleepover with best friends in Chicago, visited f...

Don't know what to get your dog for Christmas? Pick up a copy of Pie For Dogs , written by me, illustrated by Elizabeth Graeber , and...

I consider cranberries to be the ultimate winter fruit, the edible counterpart of the seasonally ubiquitous holly berry. Cranberries are...

simplebooklet.com My friend Morgan put together an enviable (I'll take one of everything) holiday gift guide by a dream team of lo...

A few weeks ago, BYT featured a holiday place setting guide with inspiring table arrangements by local favorites Mutiny DC , Holley Si...

I first encountered persimmons while living in North Carolina. Wild trees grew all over the Piedmont, and I would stumble upon them o...

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...