For all of those readers in the Connecticut area, I will be taking part in a fundraiser for Gateway Community College in New Haven. This ticketed event (don’t worry, there are still some left!) will be a lecture/demo all about everyone’s favorite fall dessert– PIE! The event supports Gateway’s Culinary Arts program. Last year, I […]

How is everyone’s summer going thus far? I’m in California visiting family, but forgot to post this TV clip from Connecticut Style that I did before we left. I made a Peach Galette, aka, the lazyman’s pie. Galettes are a wonderful alternative when baking an entire, double-crusted pie is too much of an undertaking in […]

A little while ago I was on QVC. And it was wild. A few months ago, my publisher informed me that QVC host David Venable was interested in my cookbook. Would I be interested in going on-air to sell it with him? Um. Blink. Blink. My answer was, of course, yes. So, a few Wednesdays […]

Guys, I’m going to be on QVC tomorrow night with host, David Venable! My cookbook will be on sale, we’ll be talking pie, and David will no doubt sample some of the recipes from the book. The show is on Wednesday from 8-10 Eastern time (5-7 Pacific). For those of you on the East coast, […]

Last Friday I went on local television to bake a pie– a Chocolate Raisin Pie. I think chocolate and raisins are sort of the perfect combination. I always eat the raisins with the chocolate chips out of the “bad-for-you” trail mix. (Which is really the only type of trail mix I like.) I love a […]

I mentioned last week that I would be doing a local television spot. Well, I did it; and it’s up on-line. The host and I chatted about pumpkin pie (complete with roasting your own pumpkin). Then I demonstrated making the filling, which couldn’t be any simpler. If you’re looking for a holiday dessert recipe, this […]

Last week I was in Philadelphia. Not for vacation, not to see the Liberty Bell, nor Reading Terminal Market. I was in class. QVC class. Yep, in a few months I’m going to be on that famed shopping network promoting my cookbook. (Aaaahhh! Live television gives me the vapors!) But before I can do this, […]

This is a picture of the two pies I brought down to Washington, DC with me last week– in that horrible heat wave that struck the East Coast. These pies were cooling on my kitchen counter in Connecticut ready to make their debut at the NPR studios in DC. They were covered in pure white, […]

Each season NPR.org selects its best cookbooks. And guess what? United States of Pie was chosen! To read the article, and to see the other cookbooks selected, go here.

Hello Everyone, I will be spending a few weeks in California this summer; I can already feel the (dry) sun on my back! While there, I will be giving two readings. On Thursday, July 30, I will be reading at Village Books in the Pacific Palisades, at 7:30 pm, and the following week I will […]