Photo by Greg Coomer
Pie is my superpower.
With Thanksgiving around the corner, this is my superpower season. There is never a bad season for pie--it's one of the only reasons I'll run an oven in August--but November is when pies claim center stage and take a deep bow to thunderous applause.
And the photo above?
I've taken to enticing guest speakers to my class with the promise of a pie. Call it a "pie-ment" instead of a payment. No one has declined my invitation yet. My last speaker arrived on a motorcycle, having forgotten the edible gift that awaited. A few well-placed bungee cords later, and that pie was flying down the highway.
The only thing better than homemade pumpkin pie on Thanksgiving, is homemade pumpkin pie on Thanksgiving where the primary ingredients are produced by farmers in your community. Look no further: the Eat Local Network (brainchild of Melissa Borsting) assembles a box of bounty that includes all you need: from a pie pumpkin to a turkey.
All items are sourced from within 125 miles from Seattle and will turn you into the superhero of your holiday gathering.
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Hi Anita,
ReplyDeleteI just got this note from my alma mater but it seemed it should be sent to you.
As tawny leaves fall from the trees, autumnal comforts and an upcoming feast day distract us from the fading daylight. In the name of Thanksgiving trivia, did you know that (it is believed) the early Romans made the first pies? Cato the Censor, a second-century Roman statesman, recorded the first written pie recipe, a rye-crusted, goat cheese and honey pie, in his treatise on farming, De Agricultura.
-Margot