Queen of retro Linda Everett takes us back to a time when all meals were made from scratch and mealtimes were a family affair. From the colonial New England coast to the Wild West, RETRO PIES takes readers on a sojourn for the ultimate in comfort food. Classics such as Miz Lizzie’s Chess Pie, Beacon Hill Apple Pie, Martha’s Cherry Pie, and Red Brick Cafe’s Banana Cream Pie are sure to become favorites all over again. From fruit pies to custard and cream fillings, from the hearty main course meat pies to a pie-dough clinic, RETRO PIES is the definitive guide to pies in America.
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Chock full of color-saturated vintage illustrations of cheerful women and lattice-topped pies, this book offers more to a collector of memorabilia than to a serious baker. Though the "pie crust clinic" does contain marginally helpful tips-like, "if the crust doesn't taste right: too much or not enough salt was used"-the book is short on technique and long on Americana. There are anecdotes about Abe Lincoln's favorite lemon pie and Martha Washington's cherry pie, but only four recipes for crusts. The book is separated into Main Dish Pies, Fruit Pies and Custard Pies, and includes an alphabetized list of each section (though it would have been helpful to index pies by ingredient rather than by ambiguous recipe titles like Peninsula Surprise Pie). The recipes themselves are from the good ol' days, and hence are heavy on fat and sugar; while most encourage use of fresh ingredients, New England Leftover Turkey Pie requires condensed soup, frozen peas and stuffing mix. Light on content, heavy on layout, this book offers little practical information that cannot be found in Betty Crocker, or any basic cookbook, the recipe for schintz being the only notable exception. That said, the pictures are delightful, and should make any baker feel nostalgia's sweet pangs.
Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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There are enough delightful recipes to keep your family eating double- and single-crusted beauties for a very long time. -- New York Daily News, December 10, 2003
You could easily keep Retro Pies on the coffee table as a conversation piece. -- NW Palate Magazine, Feb 2004
You could easily keep Retro Pies on the coffee table as a conversation piece. -- NW Palate Magazine, Feb 2004
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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
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hit or miss,
This review is from: Retro Pies: A Collection of Celebrated Family Recipes (Hardcover)
I have now made 6 different pies from collection.My first comment is that the crust recipes are FABULOUS. I have never made better crusts, and I routinely get compliments on how flavorful, flaky, and golden they taste. My second comment is that the fruit pies by and large seem to work out perfectly well, aren't too sweet, and are easy recipes to follow. I have been unable to make any of the cream pies work. The recipe instructions are insufficient (for example, they don't tell you how *long* to cook down the custard, or how thick it should be before you pour it in to the crust). If you have no prior experience with cream pies, you will almost certainly get it wrong. I just finished making the Sugar Baby Pie. Even though the recipe says to bake it for 30 minutes until it sets, I baked it for 50 and it's still practically liquid. Given that the recipe calls for 2 cups of sugar and 1/2 pint cream, I find it hard to believe it ever *will* set under heat. So if you want a pie cookbook that sometimes gets it right, this is the one for you.
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This review is from: Retro Pies: A Collection of Celebrated Family Recipes (Hardcover)
I've owned this book for a number of years and bake out of it every now and then. I always forget how great the pies from it are until I make one. So far they've all turned out very well. The only recipe I had some issues with was the one using all lard in the crust. The crust was sure flakey but it had slight porky undertones to it that didn't compliment that fruit filling of the final pie. The recipes are accurate but do assume the cook has some pre-existing baking skills. A novice pie maker or baker might have a little difficulty but probably not much. Other than the one little problem with the crust recipe I've been very happy with the outcome of the rest of the pie recipes I've made from this cookbook. It's a delightful and delicious addition to the category of pie cookbooks.
3 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
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This review is from: Retro Pies: A Collection of Celebrated Family Recipes (Hardcover)
I love these cookbooks, I have ordered three of them, one for me and two for Christmas gifts. One of my hobbies is collecting recipe books and this is one of the best!!
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