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Dimock shares her thoughts on the Zen of making pie crust, the politics of pie, judging a man's character according to his pie protocol, state fair pie competitions, the kinship between pie and baseball, and the search for edible pie at roadside diners.
Andrews McMeel Publishing
September 2005
176 pages ISBN: 0740754653 Trade Size
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Non-Fiction
Anne Dimock grew up in a household where, she notes, "A
dearth of good pie was a hardship I never encountered,
never knew must be borne up by most folk." When she
realized that the decline of the American pie civilization
might be a harbinger of even deeper cultural problems, Anne
became a woman on a mission to save pie from extinction.
Dimock shares her thoughts on the Zen of making pie crust,
the politics of pie, judging a man's character according to
his pie protocol, state fair pie competitions, the kinship
between pie and baseball, and the search for edible pie at
roadside diners. Folksy and full of humor, Humble Pie is more than just an
evocative journey through a life lived in pie. It is a
culinary manifesto for a pie renaissance, inviting readers
to take up their rolling pins and revive an endangered
slice of American culture. Dimock advises us all to "Roll
back the apprehension, the doubt, and enter the childlike
state of grace where all things are possible and anything
lost can be found again. The pie you seek resides not only
in memory and imagination-your next piece of pie begins
right here."
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