Page 21 - Pie It Forward: Pies, Tarts, Tortes, Galettes, and Other Pastries Reinvented

Beautiful enough for a birthday and, if you

wanted them that way, spectacular enough

for a wedding.

While pie may have a fixed definition in the

average American lexicon to only include

those pastries Mrs. Cleaver might have

cooling on her windowsill on any given day,

on Elm Street we traveled back as far as pie

history might take us.

Pastry and filling made a diverse and

delicious marriage throughout Europe,

giving rise to galettes, pizza pies, quiche,

napoleons, strudels, and a rainbow of tortes

and tarts. These all found their way into my

pastry case.

I’d like to share my journey with you, so

that you may explore pie in all its glory,

elevate it with your very own elegance, and