Grandma Wade’s Mince Meat

Grandma Wade’s Mince Meat

by | Dec 21, 2018

Grandma Wade used to make mince meat pies for the holidays. She shared the recipe with Mom,and this delightfully sweet pie has been a treasured memory of mine for decades. The recipe is pretty labor intensive and contains your entire annual dietary allowance of fat in...
Pie Day: Mom’s Pies

Pie Day: Mom’s Pies

by | Dec 14, 2018

  Mom bakes all sorts of pies. Two of my favorites are her apple pie and her rhubarb pie. These are pretty straight forward fruit pie recipes, but they are consistently the best pies to be had. Tarting them up would only detract from their wholesome...
Pieday: The Crust

Pieday: The Crust

by | Dec 7, 2018

          With the holidays upon us, my thoughts naturally turn toward pie. That’s not really true. I think about pie all the time, but on holidays and special occasions, my mother’s pies are a traditional part of the celebration. Her pies are worthy of...