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The Salt
A Second Helping Of Pie Week: How Pumpkin Pie Turned My Life Around
July 10, 2012 We couldn't resist bringing you one more post that came out of our audience response to Pie Week last week. One NPR listener used pumpkin pies to help her get off public assistance and on with her life.
The Salt
Your Love Letters To Pie Came In Droves
July 6, 2012 The outpouring of responses we received — in comments and over email and Twitter — to Pie Week speaks to just how often making and eating pie brings us together.
The Salt
Tim Burton Pies Spin Fantasy Into Sugar And Art
July 5, 2012 Tim Burton's artwork, at once so playful and so often strangely dark, is perfectly suited to inspiring creative pie making in Los Angeles, as entries in KCRW's annual pie contest last year proved.
The Salt
In Lean Times, Creative Bakers Turn To Desperation Pies
July 5, 2012 Vinegar pie and green tomato pie don't usually top the list of America's favorite sweets. But in Depression-era America, these and other desperation pies that survive today showed off home cooks' ingenuity.
The Salt
Chess Pie's Past And Present
July 4, 2012 As part of Pie Week on Morning Edition, Senior National Correspondent Linda Wertheimer shares her chess pie recipe and insights into its origin. It's a Southern pie with Oklahoma roots to her, but its history goes back much, much further.
The Salt
Pie-Making 101: How I Overcame My Fear Of Crumbling Crust
July 2, 2012 At the Culinary Institute of America, chef George Higgins teaches his students a foolproof method for making a flaky pie crust. It starts with 3 parts flour, 2 parts fat and 1 part liquid.
The Salt
Afraid Of Pie Crust? You Shouldn't Be. It's As Easy As 3-2-1
June 29, 2012 Meat Week's almost over. It's time for Pie Week! Here's a preview: If you are scared of pie crust, we've got tips from the CIA that boil it down to a basic 3:2:1 ratio.
The Salt
Survey Says Apple Pie Rules, But There's Lots Of Room For Variety
June 20, 2012 Our audience, like the rest of America, loves apple pie — we're traditionalists. But in growing numbers, Americans are branching out to chocolate; key lime and cherry.
The Salt
Five Facts About Pie That Might Surprise You, And A Survey
June 19, 2012 The first pies were called "coffins" and full of meat, but for modern Americans, it's all about apple pie. Help us prepare for NPR's Pie Week by taking our survey and voting for your favorite pie.
