pie cookbook

First, take a bite of pie history, starting with the first order in a 9th-century French abbey for goose and chicken pies; meet the piemakers; and witness the luscious innovations. Then master the basic art of pastrymaking and learn how to transform even the most frugal vegetable filling into a luxuriant creation with elaborate curves and flutings. Bake Raised Pork Pie, portable pasties for picnics, Christmas mince pies, a succulent pear and nut pie, the ultimate deep cherry pie, and more.