Snarky headline, great story

The New York Times has a great story on pie today. (Read it here.) It discusses pie as a trend, which is arguably a flaky (ha!) construct. But otherwise, it has some lovely observations and quotes from pie bakers, including:

“It’s just as easy to make a big pie as a small one, and more efficient." Yes yes yes!

"Pie seems to bring out the sentimental side of bakers." Another yes. Pie is inherently sentimental and personal.

"Pie has also proved its mettle by being neatly adaptable to the local-seasonal ideology of many modern kitchens." Well, sort of. Pie doesn't have anything to prove. But the old-fashioned idea of eating what's in the garden right now is perfectly embodied in pie.

The story is accompanied by a few yummy-looking recipes, including one for Butter Pie. Can't wait to try that one.

DIY cane syrup, for pecan pie

Check out The Kitchn today. This looks cool. Working with boiling sugar always scares me, but replacing corn syrup is a reason to try.

The pie lobby?

In a video preview to her winning the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor, Tina Fey -- who is just all-around cool -- claims to be on Team Cake, not Team Pie. It's funny. See below.

Road trip!

Travel + Leisure magazine just posted "America's Best Pies." Need to go eat them all, asap. Who's with me?

Pie season

It's begun! We're excited. Still futzing around with bloggery things, but will get to real posting soon.