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Pies and Tarts

  • Blogs

    May 7, 2012

    Fat Equals Flavor In The Lard Cookbook

    In a time before Crisco--a time before refrigeration was common--Americans' go to cooking fat was lard. Pork was widely consumed in the late 1800s, and the by-product of pork production was creamy and flavorful fat that could be rendered into lard for use in cooking and baking. It wasn't until a sme ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 4, 2012

    Ballard Welcomes Another Barbecue Joint, Says Goodbye to Dish it Up!

    The owners of local Mexican chain Matador are opening a new restaurant at 5309 22nd Ave. N.W. in Ballard this June, according to Seattle Met. Kickin' Boot Whiskey Kitchen will serve Southern cuisine, including barbecue, fried catfish, wood-fired steaks, and of course, sweet potato pie. The bar menu ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 23, 2012

    The Fearless Baker Will Turn Terrified Bakers Into Fearless Ones.

    Emily Luchetti, herself an accomplished pastry chef, has long wondered why so many home cooks have a fear of baking. Even skilled, confident cooks fear the precision and risk of failure that baking can sometimes present. So, she teamed up with Lisa Weiss, a food writer and coauthor of several chefs' ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 28, 2011

    Channeling Grandma is Easy as Pecan Pie

    Eve M. TaiDecadence on your own kitchen counter​The days after Thanksgiving may be those of reckoning for some. Having gorged on turkey, cranberries and pies galore, we may call it quits on the feasting for a bit. For others, the holiday merely kick starts our appetite for more, especially hom ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 16, 2011

    A Very Seattle Thanksgiving: Baked Ladysmith

    ​Voracious this year asked local food producers to provide their favorite Thanksgiving recipes. We'll run one recipe each day through Nov. 23; if you collect them all, you'll have a complete feast. Baked brie often surafces at snooty cocktail parties, but Suzanne Wechsler of Samish Bay Cheese ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 27, 2011

    Pie Day Before Friday: A Pecan Pie Recipe to Convert the Haters

    Photo by Brandi Henderson​The sweet young lady responsible for Delancey's out-of-this world desserts recently took over the space behind the pizza ovens to create her very own bliss: The Pantry at Delancey. A former architect, Brandi Henderson spent years building out the concept in her mind b ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 24, 2011

    Michou's Sweet Little Potato Pie

    Eve M. TaiOne potato, two potato, sweet potato pie.​Sweet potato pie. The words alone charm us, much the way a nursery rhyme might have enchanted us as toddlers. Maybe your mom cooed rhymes to you even as she was spooning pureed sweet potato into your little gaping mouth. (Fortunately, the swe ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 10, 2011

    Serving Sweetness at Chicago's Sweet Mandy B's

    Sweet Mandy B's (1208 West Webster Ave., Chicago) reminds you of a kitchen from the 1920's, perhaps one where your grandmother might have baked trays and tins full of cupcakes and cookies. After creating what she calls Old Fashioned Desserts for friends and family, owner Cindy Levine decided to shar ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 14, 2011

    Bake Up Something Adorable With Cutie Pies

    ​Dani Cone's grandma Molly was a pie-maker. At Cone's Fuel coffee shops, she has been selling pies for years, and in 2010 opened High 5 Pie on Capitol Hill. The pies received mixed reviews from customers and critics alike, most notably from Jason Sheehan, Seattle Weekly's former food critic. C ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 6, 2011

    Pie Worth Waking Up To

    Pie from the Facebook "Pie Party" event, contributed by Michelle Dunkerton.​Let it be known that the only reason I am awake right now is because I knew there was a pie waiting for me in the fridge when my alarm rang at 6:00 this morning. After a string of overwhelming days, there is another fu ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 23, 2011

    Seattle Blogger Invites Bakers to Overcome Their Pie-Crust Fears

    ​Nearly 400 people have pledged to bake a pie on July 5 because of a casual Twitter conversation that turned to the topic of pie-crust phobia. "People are so afraid to make a pie crust that they're denying their families pie," recounts Seattle's Shauna Ahern, the cookbook author who blogs as ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 18, 2011

    Top Five Soul Food Desserts in Seattle

    cherries jubilee​It's really difficult to find good soul food in Seattle, and it's almost impossible to find good soul food desserts. Not too many places outside of New Orleans know how to make the taste buds water for king cake or have the heart melt over a praline. Those desperately craving ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 12, 2011

    Food Network Hits Up Seattle Bakeries For Pie-Making Tips

    ​Pie is readying for its star turn this afternoon, when a Food Network crew will descend upon the Fremont bake shop to capture hours of pie-making footage. Pie is one of two Seattle bakeries slated for inclusion in the Food Network's upcoming pie special: West Seattle's Shoofly Pie Company wi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 26, 2011

    High 5 Pie's "New and Improved" Pies Disappoint

    ​According to a triumphant release from High 5 Pie last week, the Capitol Hill bakery is now serving "better pies, with MORE butter." But a tasting of the "new and improved" pies suggests there are problems butter can't fix. I never had a chance to sample High 5's old and mediocre pies, but m ... More >>

  • Food

    March 9, 2011

    Is Pie the New Cupcake?

    If High 5's output is any indication, the answer is no.

  • Blogs

    March 9, 2011

    Pie Fight: Pie vs. High 5 Pie

    ​Last week in Versus, we ran our Voracious Tasting Chef Showdown Special Edition, pitting last year's champion, Seth Caswell, against his competition for this year's battle, Rachel Yang. And even though the competitors came off fairly evenly matched (with Caswell's personal experience in the V ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 8, 2011

    A Double-Shot of Pie, Hold the Cupcakes

    Looks good, doesn't it?​"Dani Cone, owner of Fuel Coffee, was obviously in on some of these musings about the resurgence of pie as well. And according to the creation timeline of her new Capitol Hill pie shop, High 5 Pie, she either got her information early or made one very lucky guess. She w ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 2, 2011

    Chef Dan Gilmore's Not Crazy About Chocolate

    Photo by Leslie KellyChef Dan Gilmore, left, and the crew at Urbane.​Urbane's chef de cuisine Dan Gilmore's married to a pastry chef--they met in culinary school. And yet he's willing to go out on a limb and cop to not being a huge fan of the dark-brown stuff most of the rest of the world is a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 19, 2011

    Southern Pies to Stuff in Your Piehole

    ​Welcome to 2011, otherwise known as the "Year of the Pie." If ever there were a year to learn how to make pie or to expand your pie repertoire, this is it. Pie is hot right now. Hand pies, fried pies, pie on a stick, fruit pies, cream pies, you name it. Cupcakes are out. Pie is in. January 23 ... More >>

  • Calendar

    January 12, 2011

    Uncle Mike's Barbecue

    ​Welcome to 2011, otherwise known as the "Year of the Pie." If ever there were a year to learn how to make pie or to expand your pie repertoire, this is it. Pie is hot right now. Hand pies, fried pies, pie on a stick, fruit pies, cream pies, you name it. Cupcakes are out. Pie is in. January 23 ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 5, 2011

    High 5 Pie's Dani Cone Inspired by Grandmother Molly's Recipe

    The owner of Fuel was determined to bring more pie to Seattle when she launched High 5.​When business major and barista extraordinaire Dani Cone opened Fuel in 2005, she soon noticed her coffee drinks were crying out for pie. So, in 2008, she launched High 5 Pie, a wholesale bakery that provid ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 4, 2011

    How About a Fist Bump for the new High 5 Pie Shop?

    Dani Cone's the hands-on owner of High Five Pie.​Dani Cone has two great loves: coffee and business. Her entrepreneurial streak started in grade school when she and her sister got a business license so they could buy flowers wholesale for the arrangements they sold. At 15, she got her first of ... More >>

  • Food

    December 1, 2010

    Versus: Who's Got the Greater Pumpkin?

    Two excellent slices of the elusive holiday pie.

  • Food

    November 5, 2003

    Food Events Around Town

    Two excellent slices of the elusive holiday pie.

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