Mmm ... Pie
Today, January 23, is National Pie Day (the pastry, not the mathematical constant)! So whip out your cookbooks and get baking. But if you don’t have any pie recipes handy (gasp!), we’ve got you covered.
Cooking with Flowers by Miche Bacher (Quirk Books)
A few flips through the pages of Cooking with Flowers and suddenly it’s apparent that numerous unsuspecting varieties of flowers can be used to create dishes of stunning beauty and flavor.
Pastries by Alison Pray and Tara Smith (Down East Books)
All of the flavors, colors, and delicious scents of pies, tarts, and tortes are here, ready for your consumption—after you cook them, of course.
Sweet Paris: A Love Affair with Parisian Chocolate, Pastries, and Desserts by Michael Paul (Hardie Grant Publisher)
The luxuries of Parisian cooking are available here in easy-to-follow paper form.
Desserted: Recipes and Tales from an Island Chocolatier by Kate Shaffer and Stacey Cramp (Down East Books)
Recipes from Black Dinah Chocolatiers, one of the most charming chocolate companies in the country.
The Global Bakery: Amazing Cakes from the World’s Kitchens by Anna Weston (New Internationalist)
Practical yet still exceedingly delicious, this world tour of cakes offers down-to-earth instructions for the everyday chef.
500 Pies and Tarts: The Only Pie and Tart Compendium You’ll Ever Need by Rebecca Baugniet (Sellers Publishing)
The title says it all.
Aimee Jodoin is deputy editor at Foreword Reviews. You can follow her on Twitter @aimeebeajo.
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