Cooking SchoolPie CuriousCooking SchoolPie CuriousA life-altering lesson from a month of baking piesI swear I saw an online headline recently that stressed something like “Busyness Isn’t A Virtue”—I’m not really…ByGwen IhnatPublishedMarch 19, 2018
Cooking SchoolPie CuriousCooking SchoolPie CuriousThe secret of baking great pies is love, not fearIn this month of pie-crust making, it has literally been one step forward, one step back. Did well with a butter…ByGwen IhnatPublishedMarch 12, 2018
Cooking SchoolPie CuriousCooking SchoolPie CuriousThe search for a perfect pie crust: We meet again, lardI think I was in middle school when my parents declared that they were no longer going to make pie crust by hand, as…ByGwen IhnatPublishedFebruary 27, 2018
Cooking SchoolPie CuriousCooking SchoolPie CuriousMy road to better pie-making, week 2: Lard have mercyMy overall phobia about pie crust is based on the fact that yes, it can go right, but there are so very many ways it…ByGwen IhnatPublishedFebruary 20, 2018
Cooking SchoolPie CuriousCooking SchoolPie CuriousA pie-curious baker tries to earn her crust As I’ve mentioned, I am an aspirational baker, but not a very successful one in practice. Anything more complicated…ByGwen IhnatPublishedFebruary 13, 2018