Sweety Pies: An Uncommon Collection of Country Pies and Womanish Observations
"Women sharpen women. I'm convinced that you can learn a lot about a woman based on what she feeds herself and the people she loves; a woman's recipes—especially her prized recipes—are a revelation of who the woman is: what she thinks, how she behaves, what she values, and how she lives her life."\ This is a collection of 70 such pie recipes, gathered from the women in author Patty Pinner's life—family, friends, women who are part of her own personal history. What distinguishes this book is...
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This collection of 70 pie recipes is gathered from the women in author Pinners life—family, friends, and those who are part of her own personal history. This cookbook is as much about love, life, family, friendship, and community as it is about the recipes. Judith Sutton - Library Journal Pinner, who works for the post office in Saginaw, MI, comes from a large family of cooks and bakers. Her first book, Sweets: Soul Food Desserts & Memories, includes some of her favorite pie recipes, and here are even more, along with memories and anecdotes about the women who contributed the recipes. There's a story about each pie and lots of homespun wisdom ("An unhappy husband will ask for toasted snow") from Pinner's mother and other bakers. While some readers may find the small-town tales a bit wearying, others will find them an amusing reflection of a mostly bygone era. For larger baking collections.
IntroductionA Good Pie Crust Berry Pies Cereal PiesCream and Custard Pies Fruit Pies Meringue PiesNut and Sweet Vegetable Pies
\ Library JournalPinner, who works for the post office in Saginaw, MI, comes from a large family of cooks and bakers. Her first book, Sweets: Soul Food Desserts & Memories, includes some of her favorite pie recipes, and here are even more, along with memories and anecdotes about the women who contributed the recipes. There's a story about each pie and lots of homespun wisdom ("An unhappy husband will ask for toasted snow") from Pinner's mother and other bakers. While some readers may find the small-town tales a bit wearying, others will find them an amusing reflection of a mostly bygone era. For larger baking collections.\ \ —Judith Sutton\ \
