Monthly Archives: May 2008

Pie #3: Chocolate Chess Pie

                      Even though it was a weeknight, I was still smarting from the Banana Cream failure, so I fired up a weeknight pie. Chocolate Chess Pie is another southern specialty. … Continue reading

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Pie #2: Banana Cream Pie

                      The second pie in the Life of Pie project was Banana Cream, as requested by my daughter, who loves bananas. You can’t really tell from the photo, but beneath … Continue reading

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Happy Mothers’ Day

Notice where the apostrophe is placed. Drives me nuts when I see “Mother’s Day” because the way I see it, this is a day for ALL the mothers. Anyway. I had a nice weekend. I baked a pie (more on … Continue reading

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The Gamble of Being a Parent

A sixteen-year-old student in our community died in a car accident this morning. It seems like every year a high school student in every community is killed; taken from us. It’s a gamble, this parenting bit. When we have children … Continue reading

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Name the Pie Blog: We have a winner!

Thanks to everybody who chimed in to name a new pie blog/blog section all about pie (mmm . . . pie). Some favorites: Maya suggested “Life of Pie” – which has a literary reference I like. Raquita offered up a sassy suggestion to … Continue reading

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