(anne + livi): goodbye…

well...good byes are always hard...but livi and i decided that the blog had served it's purpose, and it was time to move on...i will be retiring (at least temporarily) from blogging, but livi will be continuing to blog on her own personal blog. livi and i will continue to talk, text, and take pictures of …

(anne): blackberry apple pie

hey! it's anne....i planned to make an all blackberry pie last week, but didn't have enough berries an threw in a ton of pink lady and granny smith apples. it turned out with the apples a bit crunchy, but still delicious...also, my crust was a bit tough (due to not enough water in the dough....when …

(anne): savory pie filling…

ok, so, you are probably wondering why this is a post just about pie filling, and not about pie itself. i could bluff my way through some explanations, but here is the truth... i completely forgot to take a picture of the finished product, because i was too busy eating the finished product while my …

(livi): little tasties

  this week my brother celebrated his “golden birthday” and wanted me to bake him either a cheesecake or “my” normal pumpkin pie recipe (i surprised him with the addition of pecan praline topping)i had several ideas of different pies to bake for a current "cookbook challenge". but it was beginning to get late in …

(anne): lemon curd hand pies

today, i had the blissful experience of eating lemon curd by the spoonful....it was heaven.... i made lemon curd to fill the hand pies from kate mcdermott's "art of the pie". a hand pie is basically a turnover that can be filled with just about anything your heart desires...mine desired sunny lemon curd to celebrate …

(anne): sausage apple pie

last week, i made the sausage apple pie from kate mcdermott's, "art of the pie". it was delicious and amazing and as usual, i disregarded some instructions 🙂 kate's recipe called for a double crust with cheddar cheese...i used gruyere...and was fortunate enough to have some lovely natural light in my kitchen helping out with …

(anne): shepherd’s pie

here is something you should know about me...if a recipe doesn't require exact measurements and precise technique for a successful outcome, (such as a filling for a pie), i tend to bend, break, and utterly disregard what the recipe author considers rules, and i regard as guidelines...all this to say, my shepherd's pie from kate …

(anne): goodbye, dorie; hello kate!

as livi mentioned in her latest post, our holiday baking left us a little bit burnt out. i, too baked, and baked, but of course, forgot to take pictures of everything! 🙂 we were struggling with feeling motivated to get blogging again, and decided that it was time for a change. so, we put down …

(anne): apple pielettes

all i can say to start with is: wow! these are absolutely, completely, fabulous!!!! if you don't own a copy of dorie greenspan's "baking chez moi", do yourself a favor and get one today. this recipe alone will make the purchase worth it. so, to start off...i made dorie's galette dough recipe...   i turned …

(livi):pear tart with crunchy almond topping

this recipe was such a winner!!!…the perfect combination of sweet, flaky, crunchy and crisp all in one! and i think we all have to admit that after the last recipe review…by both of us…we really needed a bit of cheering up here on the blog and this pear tart was the perfect "ingredient" for such a …