Tag Archives: pie

Cranberries in a pie crust

Posted on November 18, 2018 by heritagerecipebox

Just in time for Thanksgiving, my neighbor organized a pie swap. Each of us baked a pie, then sliced it up and shared a sample with the other participants. For ideas, I looked through handwritten recipes from my grandmother and … Continue reading →

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Egg Nog in August: Pieathlon Time!

Posted on August 20, 2018 by heritagerecipebox

These dog days of August make frozen custard more inviting than a pie with a custard filling, but I couldn’t resist the call from Yinzerella of Dinner is Served 1972 for competitors in the 5th annual Pieathlon.

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Pecan Pie to Honor Martin Luther King Jr.

Posted on January 18, 2016 by heritagerecipebox

In his too-short lifetime, Martin Luther King Jr. traveled more than 6 million miles and gave over 2500 speeches, according to a story in the Huffington Post.  To keep going, he often reached for fried chicken or pecan pie

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Finish Line of the Pieathlon with Cottage Cheese Apple Pie

Posted on June 8, 2015 by heritagerecipebox

Bloggers about retro food unite today under the leadership of Yinzerella at Dinner is Served 1972 to make a pie recipe published before 1985. Each of us found and scanned a recipe and Yinzerella sent us each one to try.

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‘Magic’ Chocolate Pie from 1939 World’s Fair

Posted on August 11, 2014 by heritagerecipebox

When I received an invitation to a pot luck dinner with novelist E.L. Doctorow, I was honored, of course, but also saw it as a challenge to find a recipe that would complement one of his novels. I chose World’s Fair, … Continue reading →

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Friends by the Lake: Mrs. Henry Ford and Mrs. Thomas Edison

Posted on June 30, 2014 by heritagerecipebox

Lake. Hills. Sky. That’s my view at the Chautauqua Institution in western New York, where I work all summer. This region is most famous for Welch’s grape juice (made from grapes grown in Lake Erie terroir), Buffalo wings, and an … Continue reading →

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