Why was my peach pie filling runny when warm but firm when cool? [more inside]
posted by crLLC on Jul 6, 2009 - 6 answers

Years ago, I saw a cartoon using images of a man and a pie to illustrate the difference between absorption (man eats pie) and adsorption (man gets hit in face with pie). Anybody have a link to a copy? [more inside]
posted by mr_roboto on Apr 27, 2009 - 4 answers

With Pi Day just around the corner, where do I get the best pie in the DC area? [more inside]
posted by specialagentwebb on Mar 12, 2009 - 7 answers

Where to buy pies in Charlottesville, VA? [more inside]
posted by Bizurke on Jan 30, 2009 - 3 answers

Last minute Christmas dessert. Someone at my wife's work made this. It's a "cake" made by taking three pies (pecan, pumpkin, apple) and smashing them one on top of the other into a three-layer "Pie Cake". It was frosted with Pecan Coconut frosting. Apparently it was very very good. We can't get in touch with the guy who made it, so we were hoping the hive mind could help us out. If anyone has heard of this, please let us know if it is as simple as taking pies out of their tins, smashing them (gently) into three distinct layers, applying the frosting and VOILA, a weird but tasty dessert item!
posted by high0nfire on Dec 24, 2008 - 4 answers

Why is my pie crust melting?! [more inside]
posted by eirelander on Nov 28, 2008 - 16 answers

How should we class up a patriotic Jello pie? [more inside]
posted by ITheCosmos on Nov 24, 2008 - 15 answers

Need help planning a special birthday celebration for husband in the Dallas/Ft. Worth, Texas area. His birthday is in the first half of December and we mostly just have weekends together. It will be just the two of us celebrating. [more inside]
posted by Snoogylips on Nov 9, 2008 - 7 answers

I'm cooking my first ever pie for a lunch tomorrow (apple pie from Jamie Oliver's "Jamie's dinners" book if that makes a difference). I'm likely to be busy in the morning so can I get away with making it tonight so it just needs heating tomorrow? Or will the pastry go soggy overnight? Second option is to make the pastry and filling tonight, keep separate and assemble tomorrow. Or just get up ridiculously early? Thanks!
posted by hibbersk on Sep 13, 2008 - 16 answers

How do I format an entire data series for a chart in Illustrator CS3? [more inside]
posted by special-k on Apr 23, 2008 - 4 answers

Fresh off of making chicken that was too hot to eat, my wife and I have baked a pumpkin pie that has no sugar in it. Before you take away my spatula, please help me rescue what's left... [more inside]
posted by unixrat on Mar 3, 2008 - 14 answers

Whenever I make a cake or pie in a baking dish, I always find that once it's done, I always wreck the first piece while trying to get the first piece out of the dish and onto a plate. After the first piece, getting subsequent pieces out is easy but that first piece is impossile. But there must be a way! Share your tips on how to get the first piece of pie/cake out of the baking dish and onto a plate without destroying it!
posted by Effigy2000 on Dec 24, 2007 - 15 answers

Why did my pecan pie get runny? [more inside]
posted by dirtdirt on Nov 23, 2007 - 8 answers

I recently purchased several boxes of magazines at a garage sale, including copies of a German magazine called "Lisa." It's a typical "woman's magazine" (i.e. fashion, celebrity news, recipes, human interest stories). It's been fun to peruse through it since we don't get much exposure to "foreign" stuff here in the sticks, and one of the recipes caught my eye: Luftige Joghurt-Aprikosen-Torte. [more inside]
posted by amyms on Nov 7, 2007 - 20 answers

Help me win a pie making competition. [more inside]
posted by djstig on Oct 23, 2007 - 8 answers

I want to make a pie crust that isn't insane. [more inside]
posted by Medieval Maven on Oct 18, 2007 - 8 answers

Help! I'm running a pie contest Sunday. I need pointers on how to set it up. [more inside]
posted by Miko on Jun 29, 2007 - 5 answers

There's a standard cartoon routine, where a woman whose head you can't see puts a pie on the windowsill, "fingers of aroma" waft off the pie and swirl around until they find this particular cartoon character and pull him towards the pie which he then discovers and steals. I'm pretty sure it's a Looney Tunes character. It was a recurring schtik but I'm pretty sure it was always the same Looney Tunes character. Which one?
posted by mikemonteiro on Nov 20, 2006 - 16 answers

The most delicious pie recipe in the world. Naturally, there's [more inside]
posted by TwelveTwo on Nov 5, 2006 - 44 answers

TV Trivia question - what sitcom was this? Thanksgiving episode, frustrated wife & her mother-in-law's 'Secret Apple Pie Recipe'. [more inside]
posted by jaimystery on Jul 25, 2006 - 12 answers

A couple of days ago, I was googling around for help when it came to cooking rhubarb and cherries together. I found a recipe that looked really good that called for baking them wrapped in tortillas with butter, sugar, and I don't remember what else. Now I can't find the recipe any more. Any suggestions on how this might work? [more inside]
posted by croutonsupafreak on Jul 1, 2006 - 5 answers

ExcelFilter: I need help creating a pie chart as a separate worksheet in Excel that counts how often values appear in a column and creates a pie graph based on that data. I'm stumped, I'm not using the right Google terms, and my company's help desk couldn't guide me through the process, either. (That sounds awkward, so I describe it more comprehensibly inside.) [more inside]
posted by WCityMike on May 19, 2006 - 9 answers

Do I refrigerate a bakery bought pie for tomorrow? [more inside]
posted by bitdamaged on Apr 15, 2006 - 9 answers

Looking at pumpkin receipes, they all seem to be mostly sugar and gunk with a little pumpkin thrown in to make sure it lives up to its name. Am I looking at the wrong receipes?
posted by twine42 on Oct 26, 2004 - 16 answers

What does one do with two pounds of Key Limes? They were selling them at the local produce mart today and I picked them up on a whim. The eponymous pie is an option, of course, but I'm wondering if there's anything else worth trying.
posted by Johnny Assay on Oct 2, 2004 - 16 answers

They say there's nothing more American than apple pie, but I've yet to have a decent apple pie in NYC. Could you please help me find a good (eggless) apple pie in NYC?
posted by riffola on Dec 11, 2003 - 16 answers