Pie [Hardcover]

Angela Boggiano (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 1, 2005

From English “pie and a pint” to American apple pie, everybody loves it! Here is the story of pie—along with the secrets of how to make it—told in irresistible recipes and fantastic photos. First, take a bite of pie history, starting with the first order in a 9th-century French abbey for goose and chicken pies; meet the piemakers; and witness the luscious innovations. Then master the basic art of pastrymaking and learn how to transform even the most frugal vegetable filling into a luxuriant creation with elaborate curves and flutings. Bake Raised Pork Pie, portable pasties for picnics, Christmas mince pies, a succulent pear and nut pie, the ultimate deep cherry pie, and more.

Editorial Reviews

Review

'A charming book. With a pie in the oven, all's right with the world.' Delicious 'Bursting with recipes for just about every kind of pie you could imagines, it's a delight to read and cook from.' The Spectator 'It's your bible ... full of classic recipes.' Sunday Times --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

About the Author

Angela Boggiano is an experienced writer and food stylist who has worked for numerous magazines, including BBC Good Food, Olive, Delicious, Vegetarian Good Food Magazine, Food and Travel, and the Saturday Guardian Magazine. She has worked as a food stylist on a range of TV programmes including Dishes, Nigella Bites Series, Ainsley's Big Cook Out, Meals in Minutes and Friends For Dinner. Her previous books include The Italian Ingredients Cookbook and work on the Farmers Market Cookbook, Passione, Crazy Water, Pickled Lemons and Fish by Mark Hicks. Styling and photography is provided by Vanessa Courtier, who has been responsible for some of the most eye-catching and stylish cookery design in recent years. Projects include Passione by Gennaro Contaldo, Fish by Mark Hix, Fork to Fork by Sarah and Monty Don and the Wagamama Cookbook. --This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 128 pages
• Publisher: Cassell (April 1, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1844035484
• ISBN-13: 978-1844035489
• Product Dimensions: 9.7 x 7.7 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,355,606 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One pie a week!, May 26, 2009

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Lea Evans (Viera, Florida) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Pie (Paperback)

This is definitely one of my favorite cookbooks. So much so I've decided to dedicate one day a week to each pie in this book, in order, from start to finish.

Savory pies are so under appreciated here in the U.S., where we are afraid to go very far beyond "pot pie". I've always been fascinated with what the Brits can put in a pie, from humble ham and chicken, to the statement that is steak and Stilton. They're all good, and this cookbook makes a variety of those pies easily accessible to us on the other side of the pond.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars my favorite cookbook and the best pie cookbook ever, June 7, 2009

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caliboy "theatregoer" (Santa Monica, CA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Pie (Paperback)

I was pleasantly surprised by Angela Boggiano's new cookbook. The format of the book is as sumptuous as the recipes themselves - beautiful photos and a really lovely and effective design and layout. Angela covers, in several sections of the book, all the different aspects of pie crusts - the most important part of a pie, to my mind. In America, when we think pie, we think sweet (apple, blueberry, lemon meringue, etc.) and there are many great sweet pie recipes to be found here - but elsewhere, and especially in the U.K., when one says pie, more often than not, one means a savory dish (pork pie, fish pie, meat and potato pie) and it is with these recipes that the book shines. With any cookbook, the real test is whether I can recreate the dishes in my kitchen and I have had great luck with several of Angela's recipes: braised lamb shank pie; beef and beer pie; lamb, mint & pumpkin pie (great!) and I make raised pork pies as a hobby - I have even had wooden pie forms made by a local wood turner - and Angela's pork pie recipe is perfect. There are several sections of pie info/lore throughout the book - a favorite one covers M. Manze's Pie and Mash (Potatoes) Shop - a mecca for pie eaters and a side trip that we make every time we are in London. This book is a welcome addition to my kitchen!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Pie A Week It Is!, September 22, 2009

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Matt - See all my reviews

This review is from: Pie (Paperback)

This cookbook has taken me in new directions. Too often America thinks of pie as sweet, which is a shame when one finds so very many other possibilities. Angela's measures and times are accurate and thoughtful, and her approach affirms the old saying. I'll be using her techniques and ideas as a way to clean leftovers out of the fridge by turning them into pie sandwiches, now that I have her crust recipes and insights.

Truly a great cookbook for the comfortable kitchen cook who wants to branch out into the baking direction, likewise for those who want the satisfaction only pies can bring.