http://www.pieofthemonthclub.org/thismonth yes kids... its the official pie of the month club. Sat, 29 May 2010 09:51:36 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Good morning! Rise and Shine! This weekend is President’s Day herein the USA (which of course means you won’t actually get this card in themail until well after president’s day, but such is the way of the POTM club. Sorry!ANyway, in traditional POTMC fashion, I thought I’d treat you to ... http://www.pieofthemonthclub.org/thismonth/2010/05/29/february-2010-bill-clintons-lemon-chess-pie/ Happy New  Year! This year let's start it out all historical-styleeee with a very old recipe straight from the old cookbook "John Farley's London Art of Cookery" published in 1737 in Chesterfield County Virginia. I didn't have the correct font to convey the awesomeness of this recipe, so will upload ... http://www.pieofthemonthclub.org/thismonth/2010/05/28/january-2010-williamsburg-apple-pie/   Haaaaaaaaaappy Holidays POTMC members! Another year of pie recipes comes to an end. So sad...  But there is no better way to celebrate or mourn or reminisce the end of a year that had both heartbreakingly sad and joyfully amazing moments than with a big ol’ slice of pie. St Nick knows this ... http://www.pieofthemonthclub.org/thismonth/2010/05/05/december-2009-nicks-pie/ Greetings my dear Pie Fanatics! I just returned from a visit to Poland, where I got to see POTMC expert pastry advisor and talented operatic tenor Brian Stucki perform in a Philip Glass opera "Fall of the House of Usher".  Absolutely brilliant.  His wife Ann Hinkley Stucki and their two amazing kids ... http://www.pieofthemonthclub.org/thismonth/2010/05/05/november-2009-polish-cheese-pie/ Hello Fall Pie Fans! The  air (and the apples) are crisp, and the leaves (and the pumpkins) are changing from green to orange here in Bavaria.  Yep. that’s right. I’m back in Bavaria this month.  This month’s pie is a traditional pie of the Pennsylvania Dutch, supposedly the pie, like the community of ... http://www.pieofthemonthclub.org/thismonth/2010/05/05/october-2009-funny-cake-pie/   Summer is in full swing pie fans, but never fear -  the promise of Autumn is in the air. I thought this might be the perfect opportunity to share a recipe made famous by the esteemed “Daily Pie Cafe” in Pie Town, New Mexico!  Pie Town was featured waaaaaaaay back ... http://www.pieofthemonthclub.org/thismonth/2010/05/04/september-2009-new-mexican-apple-pie/ So THIS month (September '09) I spent a week or so in Lisbon Portugal at the International Bioacoustics Society Conference. Having never been to Lisbon before,  you can imagine my delight when I arrived to find that there were little pies and tarts for sale EVERYWHERE. I even picked up a little ... http://www.pieofthemonthclub.org/thismonth/2010/05/04/august-2009-pasteis-de-belem-or-my-best-attempt/ Aaaaaah. Summer. Here, my friends, is part 2 of a summer melon pie extravaganza! So... last month while I was trying to make some cantaloupe-related pie art, I kept thinking about Herbie Hancock, since he has a tune called “Cantaloupe Island” and I just couldn’t get anything together that seemed to work ... http://www.pieofthemonthclub.org/thismonth/2010/05/04/july-2009-watermelon-rind-pie/ Yes, that's right. Cantaloupe. Baked. In a pie. Welcome Summer! It has been a lovely sunny June here in Germany and I’ve been scarfing down melons of all sorts. This reminded me of a couple of melon-related recipes I had buried somewhere in this huge pile of “potmc potentials” and voila! Here you go... summer ... http://www.pieofthemonthclub.org/thismonth/2010/05/04/june-2009-cantaloupe-pie/ OK, I publicly vow to you that I will be better at keeping the pie of the month site up to date. I swear. I swear to each and every one of you. Now... should I post first this month's pie? or should I post the YEAR of pies that I've ... http://www.pieofthemonthclub.org/thismonth/2010/05/04/new-years-resolution-yes-i-know-its-may-already/