Thanksgiving is ON!

The Carrots and Ginger Crew is here and we have completed a total of 4 pies. My sister called in a 'Drunken Turtle Pecan Pie', too. Happy Thanksgiving Everyone!!!

The Pie Throw Down

So, Bobby Flay is trying this Pie Mother's Mixed Berry Pie in one of his 'Throw Down' Episodes. The Pie Mother asks him, "How is it?" and he answers, "Delicious."
She then asks him,"Would you get up in the night to eat it?"
Bobby answers, "Absolutely!"
"See, that's the true test. If you get up in the night to eat it."

Our Annual Pumpkin Smash

Once again, October is here and it's time to celebrate a bunch of things. Eventful as usual. Here's the first Pumpkin Pie of the Season! We always have a party in October, time to get crazy with those melding pumpkin heads...

A Baja Blue Damiana Pie

This is an exotic pie that I invented (as far as I know...) The Guaycura Liquour of Mexico is what makes this pie really tropical. Allspice added in can make it a holiday flavor, since the Damiana is kind of a Christmas in Mexico kind of flavor. Damiana comes in a very bottle resembling a voluptuous lady. You might have to come to my house to find this, or fly into Los Cabos. The color of the pie is a deep Pacific Ocean Blue!

For the filling I used
3 tablespoons cornstarch (or flour)
3 tablespoons Guaycura Damiana.
1 tablespoon fresh lime juice
2/3 cup sugar (I used Dark Muscovado sugar, exotic is good!)
1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon allspice
8 cups blueberries, picked over well
or reduce the amount of blueberries and add golden raisins or dried peaches as I did here for little tart pies.

Mix this up and pour into a pie crust; bake at 375 for an hour, check it. You can also do an egg wash to make it pretty or make little tarts. You got it, a tropical holiday yummy thing.

The Claim Jumper Pie: Sweetest Pie EVER

Above you will see a photo depicting an example of the type of Pie I normally avoid. I would not have put a commercial pie out of the grocery freezer on the blog except for a very SWEET thing that happened to me. Here's the story.
I realized that our neighbors had just had their first baby earlier than expected, and so took a card of congrats to their house (so they would have something to greet them as they brought their newborn home over the threshold, in case no family or friends were there). Turns out that they needed that extra kindness after the experience at the hospital, and were so touched that they brought me a pie!
Now, I could NOT chow down on this because it's just too many calories than I can personally handle, so we took it to a party instead where it was enjoyed. Should I tell the neighbors about...The Pie Blog?

Reporting with an Eye on the Pie

One of the hottest days of the summer: July 4, at the Marin County Fair. The winning pie, the blue ribbon prize winner, was still looking good despite days of sitting out under thousands of interested noses. What was that pie? Some combination of many a wondrous blue coloured berry fruit...

The Early Pies: Greetings!

Welcome to the Wannabe Pie Chef,
These articles are notes,
Chapters of Pies - that looked tasty,
along with their recipies, and stories!