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The recipes in this book have won awards at the National Pie Championships, which has been held since 1995. Hoskins has organized the book by harvest crop, so that you can serve your friends and family the best each season has to offer.

Easy as pie! Everyone knows the saying, but most people actually feel a little scared when it comes to baking one. These mouthwatering varieties will entice anyone into the kitchen--and the instructions by a leading pastry chef will make preparation simpler than you ever would have imagined. Viola Goren, who trained at the world's most prestigious cooking schools, explains how to whip up puff pastry, dough for savory pies, and crusts for sweet ones....

Lauren Ko's unique geometric style uses fruit and dough cut and woven into stunning shapes to highlight color and texture. With an elegant symmetry that matches their knockout flavor, her dazzlingly intricate and inventive designs look difficult to produce, but can be achieved with little more than a knife, ruler, and some patience. Here, she reveals her secrets, sharing stories about her designs and the inspiration behind them. She recounts the spectacular...

Allison Kave made pies as a hobby, until one day her boyfriend convinced her to enter a Brooklyn pie-making contest. She won. In fact, her pies were such a hit that she turned pro. People cant́ get enough of her Bourbon Ginger Pecan pie, her whimsical Root Beer Float Pie, her addictive Chocolate Peanut Butter Pretzel Pie. And the crustsóh, the crusts!áre so impossibly flaky, so utterly delicious, that pie eaters around the world will rejoice that...

An award-winning, self-taught home baker who hosts instructional P̥ie Camps a̲round the country provides detailed recipes and instructions for making, rolling and baking perfect pie crusts and fillings every time, including Blackberry, Peach and Rhubarb.

The James Beard Award-nominated Pie Camp instructor presents a follow-up to Art of the Pie that shares expert insights into pie foundations, troubleshooting and mix-and-matching crusts with fillings, providing gluten-free options and one dozen master-level recipes.

When Pa Brindle can't sleep, Ma Brindle whips up a special Sweet Dream Pie and invites all the neighbors to share the treat. But when everyone eats too much and their wild dreams start to take over the neighborhood, it's Ma who knows how to sweep those dreams into peaceful sleep.