pie

  • It’s Pie Time

    With the shift to colder weather, and Thanksgiving coming right up, now is the time for pie! Find inspiration for sweet and savory pies in these books. Pieometry by Lauren Ko If you’re looking for visually stunning pies, search no further – Seattle author Ko’s geometric pie designs are sure to impress. Creative flavor pairings… Continue reading

  • Pie and Whiskey

    There are some combinations so perfect that when your attention is drawn to them, you wonder how you’ve missed them for years. That was my feeling upon discovering Pie & Whiskey, which is simultaneously: a fantastic compilation of short work from Washington authors, edited by Kate Lebo and Samuel Ligon; a raucous, celebratory literary event… Continue reading

  • A Fall Of Pie

    One of my favorite things about the arrival of fall is getting back into the kitchen to bake. Cookies, cakes, breads, and most importantly PIE! I found three lovely pie books from the library and decided to focus on one recipe from each book located in their fall sections. Now the one thing I did… Continue reading

  • Baking Day Adventure!

    Martha Stewart’s New Pies and Tarts: 150 Recipes for Old-Fashioned Favorites and Modern Classics came in recently and I was shocked to find it had no holds so I snapped it up and promised my co-workers that goodies would soon be on the way. I had a whole day off set aside to bake! I read… Continue reading

  • Let them read cake

    Having just celebrated my birthday, I’ve been thinking about cake for some time and have noticed a trend: we need cake now more than ever.  In an unofficial cake cookbook census taken by *me,* statistics indicate a rise in the Library’s purchase of how-to-bake-cake books. The library owns ten cake cookbooks published from 1991 to… Continue reading