Pie School Lessons in Fruit, Flour, and Butter

Pie School is Now in Session!

Since the first publication of Pie School in 2014, Kate Lebo has inspired bakers everywhere with her witty and encouraging lessons on all things flaky and sweet. This completely revised and updated edition includes 20 brand-new pies—including two new chapters, one on savory meat or vegetable pies and one on “difficult” (lesser-known) fruit pies—plus updates to the originals (80 in total). Her proven process to achieve flakiness and structure, along with recipes for delicious, inspired fillings, will give home cooks all the skills they need to make the best pie of their lives. Beyond the bake, Lebo also invites us to ruminate on the social history, the meaning, and the place of pie in the pantheon of favorite foods.

Recipes include
 
Brandied Apple and Cracked Cardamom Pie                       
 
White Peach and Raspberry Galette
 
Rosemary Rhubarb and Vanilla Chevre Galette
 
Winter Luxury Pumpkin Pie             
 
Huckleberry Pie
 
Marionberry Pie with Hazelnut Crumble
 
Lamb, Pumpkin, and Quince Pie       
 
Chicken Pot Pie

KATE LEBO is the author of Pie School and A Commonplace Book of Pie. Her essay "The Loudproof Room" appeared in New England Review and was chosen for Best American Essays 2015. Her poems, essays, and recipes have appeared in Best New Poets, Gastronomica, the Washington Post, Poetry Northwest, and elsewhere. She lives in Spokane, Washington.

New recipes include:



Pie for Dinner

   • Fennel Sausage, Cabbage, Beets & Apple Pie 
   • Lamb, Pumpkin, and Quince Pie
   • Chanterelle, Chèvre, Delicate, and Tomato Pie
   • Caramelized Onions & Mama’s Lil Peppers Galette
   • Sam’s Veggie Pie

The Life of Chicken Pot Pie: a recipe cycle

   • Roast Chicken
   • Chicken Stock
   • Gravy
   • Schmaltz-Roasted Potatoes with Garlic and Herbs
   • Schmaltz-Roasted Vegetables
   • Roasted Vegetable Pie
   • Chicken Pot Pie

Unusual Pies

   • Medlar & Vanilla Chèvre Tart with Preserved Quince
   • Gooseberry and Elderflower Pie
   • Black currant and first peach
   • Elderberry, Pear, Honey, Cinnamon, and Ginger Tonic Pie
   • Black Chokeberry Pie
   • Serviceberry Pie