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A Second Helping Of Pie Week: How Pumpkin Pie Turned My Life Around

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A Second Helping Of Pie Week: How Pumpkin Pie Turned My Life Around

July 10, 2012 • One woman used pumpkin pies to help her get off public assistance and on with her life.

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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.

Tim Burton Pies Spin Fantasy Into Sugar And Art

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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.

In Lean Times, Creative Bakers Turn To Desperation Pies

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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.

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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.

Three Ways Pie History Is Like HBO's 'Game Of Thrones'

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Three Ways Pie History Is Like HBO's 'Game Of Thrones'

July 3, 2012 • Much has already been written about the historical parallels between HBO's Game of Thrones and the politics and people of medieval Europe. Turns out, there are also parallels with food history — particularly pie history.

On Morning Edition: A discussion of this medieval pork pie, from 'A Feast Of Fire And Ice'

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Pie-Making 101: How I Overcame My Fear Of Crumbling Crust

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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.

Pie-Making 101: How I Overcame My Fear Of Crumbling Crust

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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.

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A Second Helping Of Pie Week: How Pumpkin Pie Turned My Life Around

The Salt

Your Love Letters To Pie Came In Droves

The Salt

Tim Burton Pies Spin Fantasy Into Sugar And Art

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In Lean Times, Creative Bakers Turn To Desperation Pies

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Chess Pie's Past And Present

The Salt

Three Ways Pie History Is Like HBO's 'Game Of Thrones'

On Morning Edition: A discussion of this medieval pork pie, from 'A Feast Of Fire And Ice'

The Salt

Pie-Making 101: How I Overcame My Fear Of Crumbling Crust

Pie-Making 101: How I Overcame My Fear Of Crumbling Crust

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Afraid Of Pie Crust? You Shouldn't Be. It's As Easy As 3-2-1

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Survey Says Apple Pie Rules, But There's Lots Of Room For Variety

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Five Facts About Pie That Might Surprise You, And A Survey