Welcome to a Month of Pies!

I think I would be sick with nerves with that pressure. I mean....you just don't want to mess that up!

Now, are you saying the recipe was average? Or how your baking came out? lol

Curious why you left such an amazing job like that! That is SO cool that you were there. :)

~ Laura (a.k.a. LLR) www.ourhouseofjoyfulnoise.com ( http://www.ourhouseofjoyfulnoise.com )

Only in my mind...everyone else just thought it was an average apple pie...

Did they taste famous?

aka Honeybeast
Managing Editor, BlogHer

my husband and sons LOVE pie. I have an apple pie in the oven right now (made using a vodka crust).

Have you seen pies made in tiny mason jars? that's next on my list (because I have extra dough).

Marianne at Mealmixer ( http://www.mealmixer.com )

Hey Julie!!

Love this idea of a pie each day this month! I’ve got your ULTIMATE PIE STORY THOUGH!!! When I used to WORK AT MARTHA STEWART, I received AN EMAIL FROM MARTHA saying she was delivering some apples to the office from the “plethora” her orchard had produced.

My mind began racing on how I could use them…then I got chills! I WOULD MAKE AN APPLE PIE USING MARTHA’S FAMILY RECIPE WITH THE APPLES FROM MARTHA’S OWN ORCHARD! — I don’t think you can ever get over something of this magnitude when the “baking” stars align! I still have never recovered from this!
http://www.honeysucklechic.com/recipes-youll-love/...

Ashley
http://www.honeysucklechic.com

I have got to get to Green Chile Kitchen. It is a crime that I live in SF and haven't been there yet.

LOVE caramel in pies. Yours is making my mouth water.

aka Honeybeast
Managing Editor, BlogHer

with shrimp, and two kinds of white fish inside. It was truly heavenly. And Denise -- no crust!

I totally agree and have been craving pie. Something about November screams pie. Perhaps, it's the anticipation leading up to the day to end all other cooking days. Or the fact that apples are dropping from the trees into freshly baked crusts. Perhaps not. I posted a recipe for a Caramel Apple Pie on our blog today http://ht.ly/33lcD.

As for pie milkshakes, there's a place in SF called Green Chile Kitchen that boasts a Blackberry Pie Milkshake. I think what may be most intriguing about it is the texture. Though I'd hate to guess the calorie count... :)

I'm all for November being pie month & love the challenge!

That looks amazing. Is it potatoes on top? Or just fish?

aka Honeybeast
Managing Editor, BlogHer

That is also all. ;-)

~Denise
BlogHer Community Manager
Life. Flow. Fluctuate.

That is one of the things this month is all about -- I am going to see once and for all if it's worth it. And I plan to have a taste-off with some of the purchased crusts so please, if you have a favorite let me know.

Pecan pie is one of my favorites. All nut pies are my favorite, actually. Don't make me choose.

aka Honeybeast
Managing Editor, BlogHer

That is all.

aka Honeybeast
Managing Editor, BlogHer

Those are all on my list to discuss this month.
Mind you I am no pie expert. This is my bid to try to make myself more of one, so you will see a lot of failed pie experiments and links to better bloggers in this space :)

aka Honeybeast
Managing Editor, BlogHer

Number of topics I wish, wish, wish you'd cover: (1) pie birds -- yay or nay. (2) how do you keep the bottom of an apple pie from getting soggy (the type of pie with a top crust). (3) er...a good apple pie recipe. (4) for those of us who can't use lard, what are the best alternatives that are vegetarian?

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because I don't like crust. Except pumpkin pie - for that I make exceptions.

I do, however, like a month of ANYTHING and plan to have a lot of fun with you this month. heh

~Denise
BlogHer Community Manager
Life. Flow. Fluctuate.

I do love pie (except pumpkin) but Pecan Pie is my hands down favorite as far as dessert pies go.

I do like chicken pot pie but no one else in my family does. Quiche is good too.

Can't wait to see Sassymonkey's pie menu.

I don't mess with making pie crust. Good old fashioned Pillsbury's folded crust in a box or the frozen Pet-Ritz (not sure of the name) works for me. I don't like to cook and am not much of a baker.

Elizabeth

@texasebeth ( http://twitter.com/texasebeth )  and My Life, such as it is.... ( http://texasebeth.blogspot.com )

I had on my recent trip to England. This was in a fabulous organic restaurant in Brighton-- fish pie! So fresh and delicious
http://www.flickr.com/photos/68287337@N00/51373792...
YUM!
Sorry, I don't have a recipe.

I will be posting about the Magic Ingredient soon! It totally works :)

I like Anything Pot Pie. YUM.

aka Honeybeast
Managing Editor, BlogHer

I'm pleased to report that I finally mastered pie crust. Smitten Kitchen has a tutorial that is amazing.

I also make a mean Chicken Pot Pie.

I remember reading reviews saying "hey, this movie with Felicity in it is really good!" Into the Netflix it goes. Thanks, Jane!

aka Honeybeast
Managing Editor, BlogHer

I haven't yet solved for the problem of what to do with all this pie. I commute to work by train and don't have a pie-safekeeping device, and don't have enough neighbors to share with ...

aka Honeybeast
Managing Editor, BlogHer

If you'd like a cinematic version of pies that is sheer poetry, check out "Waitress" 2007. It's a great indie picture by a female director. It's not really about pies, but pies become a central character. You would love it, 7.2 stars out of 10 on IMBD for iPhone. It also features a cameo role for an ancient Andy Griffith that's absolutely adorable.

I will be doing LOTS of crust experimentation and keeping you posted!

aka Honeybeast
Managing Editor, BlogHer

I am looking forward to the savory pies. Tortiere = YUM.

aka Honeybeast
Managing Editor, BlogHer

We're planning a meal around pie. We're not sure when but it's going to have mini-quiche appetizers, some sort of main course pie (chicken pot pie? tortiere?) and of course pie for dessert.

Yay pie!

Contributing Editor Karen Ballum also blogs at Sassymonkey ( http://sassymonkey.ca ) and Sassymonkey Reads ( http://sassymonkeyreads.ca ).

Pies always make me think of my grandma. In fact, one of my first memories of her is helping her bake them in the kitchen (and making sugar pies out of the scraps of crust dough).

I've had pies on the brain too, as I'm working to perfect her various recipes. The part I'm struggling with the most? Getting that perfect crust nailed down.

Can't wait for the rest of NaBloPieMo!

Erin Groh

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Ohhh, I love this idea for a blog series... though just reading it will probably make me gain a few pounds :)

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