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In America, pie is a food--and a concept--that carries unusual resonance. In "Humble Pie," Anne Dimock offers a delightful combination of memoir, pie quotes, inspiration, recipes, travel writing, and assorted philosophical, cultural, and culinary musings on this powerful yet humble dessert.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."… (más)
This book was not what I expected it to be. I expected it to have more then the handful of recipes it stingeyly doled out. One recipe for each of the 6 flavors she covered...apple, blueberry, apple cranberry, Rhubarb and a recipe for pie crust.
After listening to her interview on Npr I expected...well quiet frankly much more from this book. Like various recipes and many tips on making pies...the right way. Not from cans and frozen crust.
Alas the book is instead a...caring and loving throughtful salute to the women who shaped her pie making life, her grandma, mom, and mother in law...sprinkled with a few tips and recipes here and there.
In America, pie is a food--and a concept--that carries unusual resonance. In "Humble Pie," Anne Dimock offers a delightful combination of memoir, pie quotes, inspiration, recipes, travel writing, and assorted philosophical, cultural, and culinary musings on this powerful yet humble dessert.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."
After listening to her interview on Npr I expected...well quiet frankly much more from this book. Like various recipes and many tips on making pies...the right way. Not from cans and frozen crust.
Alas the book is instead a...caring and loving throughtful salute to the women who shaped her pie making life, her grandma, mom, and mother in law...sprinkled with a few tips and recipes here and there.
But obviously a work of love. ( )