Category: Pies

Apple Cheddar and Thyme Crostata

Apple Cheddar and Thyme Crostata Recipe

In an effort to use up every delectable apple we schlepped 3000 miles from our trip to an apple farm in New Jersey, I bring you another apple dessert, or is it an appetizer, or both.  You decide.  Either way, … Continue reading




Blueberry and Cream Cheese Hand Pies

Blueberry and Cream Cheese Hand Pies Recipe

I know, I promised you the recipe for these lovely little hand pies a very long time ago.  My apologies!  I got distracted, and busy, and wrapped up into many other things that kept me from posting.  Did I mention … Continue reading




Goat’s Milk Chocolate and Toffee Cream Pie

Goat's Milk Chocolate Toffee Cream Pie Recipe

Pie!  The comfort food of desserts. So humble and unpretentious.  Even the most elegant pie doesn’t yearn to be recognized as anything other than ordinary in the universe of desserts.  It has no need to show off, or hog the … Continue reading




Apple and Maple Syrup Pie

It doesn’t take much to make this city girl happy.  The crackling sound of fallen leaves beneath my boots.  A carpet of red, green and golden orbs beneath trees whose limbs are releasing their precious fruit to my care.  Air … Continue reading




Peach Nectarine Cherry Pie

Peach Nectarine Cherry Pie Recipe

YAY!  I’m back!!  A very long and event-filled 8 weeks has passed since last I posted.  During those weeks there was a Houseboat family vacation, a trip to Europe, a long weekend in Palm Springs celebrating Auntie Lil’s 90th birthday, … Continue reading