Entries from The Amateur Gourmet tagged with 'apple pie'
How To Make An Apple Pie
Some of us have Oedipal complexes, others have Electra complexes, but very few of us have a complex based on apple pie. Allow me to lay on your therapist's couch for a moment: I have a serious pie issue. My apple pie is inadequate--it comes from Martha Stewart--and though it often inspires a happy nod and a fleeting smile, it rarely induces the kind of exaltation that comes when Craig's dad--who we'll call "Steve" because that's his name--makes his signature apple pie. What is it that makes his pie so good? Why do my pies never measure up? On a recent visit to Bellingham, Washington--home of "Steve"--I decided to solve this mystery once and for all. What follows are the closely-guarded secrets of Steve's Signature Apple Pie; a pie that I finally recreated at home to much acclaim--so much acclaim that I don't need this therapy anymore. How much do I owe you?...
