A pie is a truly wonderful thing, especially when you have a crowd of loved ones to dig into it with. But what if you're seized by a craving for butter-flaky crust and sweet, juicy blueberries and...

The November 2009 Daring Bakers Challenge was chosen and hosted by Lisa Michele of Parsley, Sage, Desserts and Line Drives. She chose the Italian Pastry, Cannolo (Cannoli is plural), using the cookbooks Lidia's Italian-American Kitchen by Lidia...

Years ago, my husband and I lived in Chicago. Every Thanksgiving, I cooked an elaborate Thanksgiving dinner with a huge turkey, various trimmings, an appetizer course, hors d'oeuvres, and a couple of pies for dessert. All this for three people: he, me,...

Welcome to the countdown-to-Thanksgiving pie clinic! We're a week away, so we have plenty of time to get comfortable with pie pastry and think about some options for our holiday pies. I've covered basic pie pastry in an earlier post, so what I'd like...

If you are a regular at The Baker's Bench, you'll know that this recipe is a little different from my usual fare. I can explain. I have a couple of friends who are very disciplined and health-minded and who subscribe to a "paleo" diet, which apparently...

Thanksgiving is coming ~ are you ready? Maybe you've got your pantry shelves stocked with molasses and pecans, brown sugar and cans of pumpkin puree, and you're knee-deep in magazine clippings featuring recipes you can't wait to try. Or . . . maybe...