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Apr 2019 20

Pie Hard A Pie Town Mystery By Kirsten Weiss: Review/Giveaway/Easter Recipe

2019 Articles, Cynthia Chow, Food Fun, Mysteryrat's Maze

by Cynthia Chow
& Kirsten Weiss

Valentine Harris had come to expect the unexpected from her rather exuberant landlady and expert piecrust maker Charlene McCree. The delivery of a yurt at 4 a.m. was a little much though, especially since it would soon be accompanied by fifteen women intent on camping out for a weeklong goddess circle. The septuagenarian had Val and her Pie Town bakery’s best interests in mind, as Charlene also arranged under only slightly false pretenses to have the reality show Pie Hard film on site.

Mar 2019 16

Chocolate Cream Pie Murder By Joanne Fluke: Review/Giveaway/Recipe

2019 Articles, Food Fun, Mysteryrat's Maze, Sandra Murphy

by Sandra Murphy
& Joanne Fluke

Hannah Swensen of Cookie Jar fame, has a confession to make. Although her family says she doesn’t have to, she’s determined to make her announcement after the Sunday sermon. Confession is good for the soul, right?

Jun 2018 16

Bleeding Tarts By Kirsten Weiss: Review/Giveaway/Recipe

2018 Articles, Cynthia Chow, Food Fun, Mysteryrat's Maze

by Cynthia Chow
& Kirsten Weiss

In a sugar-fueled bout of optimism, Valentine Harris doubled the staff of her new California coastal Pie Town shop. The future of her business depends on landing Silicon Valley’s Bar X as a client, with the first step being the pies she and her piecrust specialist Charlene McCree are providing for the Old West ghost town’s pie-eating competition.

Dec 2015 19

How I Met My Dinner: Pies For The Holidays

2015 Articles, Alicia Lieu, How I Met My Dinner

by Alicia Lieu

I have very limited memories of pie from my childhood. In my family, fruit was mostly consumed as a dessert or snack, always in its raw form, and never cooked. Pie was something I associated with my Strawberry Shortcake Atari game where I had to avoid the bad guy, the Purple Pie Man. I discovered Marie Callender’s pies sometime during high school and I became addicted to their Fresh Strawberry pie.

Feb 2011 12

The Alchemy of Pie Dough

2011 Articles, Contributors, Food Fun, Margaret Mendel

by Margaret Mendel

Why not bake a pie for your sweetheart for Valentine's Day? Margaret shares the secrets of pie dough & a delicious recipe for Apple Pie! And before the pie treat, them to lunch at Valentino's in Reedley using the coupon below!