Fresh Strawberry Pie

Sometimes people ask me why I don't sell the stuff that I make. Aside from the noble response of "Oh, I have a passion for pastry, I just do it for the love," *dimple smile* (But it's true!)  I also have an annoying, metallic sliver-like fear of failure running through my stomach. And every time I'm asked to bake something, for someone, the sliver bristles and throws out quills like a mad little porcupine.

Tipsy Chocolate Pecan Pie

Have you ever sighed, woefully, because pecan pies are so cloyingly sweet? Or wept internally over the fact that you couldn't have a second piece because you just complained, aloud, that pecan pies are cloyingly sweet?

Well, sigh no more, would-be pecan pie lovers. Sigh no more.

Depths-of-fall Butternut Squash Pie (Tuesdays with Dorie)

Despite an annoying propensity to over-think, I do try to take things in stride. So while part of me is freaking out over the still distant, yet ever-growing avalanche (aka Christmas), the rest of me is reminding herself that it's still early November, and everything will be okay...really.

To help keep me grounded in the present, or to "live in the now", as Cesar Milan so adequately puts it (I don't have a dog, yet I find his show strangely addicting), I had the privilege of preparing this appropriately autumn-themed pie.

Banoffee Pie

Hi Banoffee Pie. Is there an airport near by or is that just my heart taking off?

Tuesdays with Dorie: (deconstructed) Apple Pie

This pie started out with such high hopes and unpretentious goals. It had all the potential of becoming the perfect, juicy, flaky-crusted pie of my dreams. And it was...up until I slipped it into the oven.

Tuesdays with Dorie: Caramel Pumpkin Pie

Is there anything that the assertive, toffee-like flavour of caramel can't fix? Honestly, I don't think there is. Take, for example, this recipe. I've never been a huge pumpkin pie fan, yet every year I give it another chance in the hope that my taste buds have matured enough to find the secret pleasure that other people seem to find within it's soft, squashy confines.

Tuesdays with Dorie: Rustic Fold-Over Pear Torte

This week's Tuesdays with Dorie recipe was selected by Cakelaw, from the lovely blog, Laws of the Kitchen. Normally when following recipes, not having a picture to rely on only adds to the fun.