Look no further than The Book on Pie for the only book on pie you'll ever want or need.
Erin Jeanne McDowell, New York Times contributing baker extraordinaire and top food stylist, wrote the book on pie, a comprehensive handbook that distills all you'll ever need to know for making perfect pies. The Book on Pie starts with the basics, including ways to mix pie dough for extra flaky crusts, storage and freezing, recipe size conversions, and expert tips for decorating and styling, before diving into the recipes for all the different kinds of pies: fruit, custard, cream, chiffon, cold set, savory, and mini. Find everything from classics like Apple Pie and Pumpkin Pie, to more inspired recipes like Birthday-Cake Pie and Caramel Pork Pie with Chile and Scallions.
Erin also suggests recommended pie doughs and toppings with each recipe for infinitely customizable pies: Mix and match Pumpkin Spice Pie Dough and Dark Chocolate Drippy Glaze with the Pumpkin Pie, or sub in the Chive Compound-Butter Crust for the Croque Madame Pielets… the possibilities are endless. With helpful tips, photographic guides, and inspirations—pie-deas—it's almost like having Erin in the kitchen baking pies with you.
The Book on Pie is now a New York Times Bestseller
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Amazon, Bookshop, Indigo, Barnes & Noble, Indiebound, Walmart, Target, Powell's, Hudson Booksellers & Booksamillion
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The Raven Bookstore, Book Larder, Kitchen Arts and Letters, & Books are Magic
Note from my publisher for international readers:
The Book on Pie is available from a wide range of retailers for international distribution. International Amazon sites and other major international book retailers should have it available. At this time, I don’t have a regular recommended source to purchase the book from that offers international shipping, and it has only been released in English.
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Praise
“ [Erin is] a prize representative of a new generation of bakers.”
“ I am obsessed with Erin Jeanne McDowell’s book. As a non-baker, she has given me intense motivation to make pie—every recipe looks delicious. She’s gifted me bravado—every recipe is so clearly written that I don’t fear failure. And as a food fanatic, Erin has inspired me with both her classic recipes and her more creative flavor combinations.”
“ Great news for bakers: Erin Jeanne McDowell has gone all in on pie! Pies of every kind. So many crusts. And instructions as sharp as a lemon’s tang. Erin has an extraordinary talent for explaining – no matter how complex the technique, when she tells us how to do it, we get excited about it, we do it and we succeed. It’s the McDowell wizardry.”
“ With her friendly, hand-holding instructions and photos of exactly what your doughs and fillings should (and shouldn’t) look like, Erin Jeanne McDowell has done away with every worry that can vex and intimidate new pie bakers. In the world of The Book on Pie, with Erin cheering for you, pie is easy, pie is fun, pie is anything you want it to be.”
“ With this tome, destined to become the pie-baking Bible for many generations to come, Erin McDowell takes us on the magnificent journey that made her fall in love with pie. Erin adeptly interweaves the love of home baking with the precision of professional pastry, all the while empowering the reader to be a better baker without a hint of intimidation. By the end of making your first recipe, you won’t be able to decide what you love more: your newly acquired pie skills or Erin herself. For me, it’s a tie.”
Credits
Photography
Mark Weinberg
Nico Schinco
Video
Chris Hurte