When I tell people I grew up in a family of pie bakers, it’s easy to imagine I’m bragging. My mother’s pies are legendary — rich, velvety custard fillings or mounded fruit pies, each cradled in an ...

When I tell people I grew up in a family of pie bakers, it’s easy to imagine I’m bragging. My mother’s pies are legendary — rich, velvety custard fillings or mounded fruit pies, each cradled in an ...

When she was growing up, Marie Newswanger says, the question at birthdays was never, “What kind of cake would you like?” Instead, “It was always, ‘What kind of pie would you like?’ ” Growing up Amish ...

The directions for making a pie crust sound ridiculously simple: “Combine flour and salt, cut in shortening, add water, and shape into a ball.” But the reality is that making pastry can be tricky.