Week of Dec. 18 – Blueberry Lime Pie

It was a statutory holiday yesterday, which is why this week’s post is a day late. For this week’s post, I decided to make some Cranberry Lime Pie – except that when I went to buy ingredients at the store, they didn’t have fresh or frozen cranberries. And so, I turned to the closest thing available, frozen blueberries!……

Week of Dec. 11 – Butter Tarts

Research has shown me that tarts can be interchangeable for pies. They’re extremely similar but they have some minor differences. I won’t delve into the details but this web page does and the explanations are pretty straightforward. Now, let’s dive into these butter tarts. My co-worker brought in this Christmas box earlier last week and it was……

Week of Nov. 27 – Patti LaBelle’s Sweet Potato Pie, homemade

Ever since I saw this Buzzfeed video about Patti LaBelle’s Sweet Potato Pie, my tastebuds started getting curious about how this pie would taste like. The Walmart up here in Vancouver does not carry this pie nor am I willing to pay for the shipping fees involved in importing this pie to my very doorstep. So the next……

Week of Nov. 20 – Chocolate Chess Pie II

Ever since I saw “Chocolate Chess Pie” on the Gabi & Jules menu last week, I became curious as to exactly what a chess pie is. Research has taught me that chess pie will always be a single crust pie with a custard base.  Still, that doesn’t answer why it’s called a CHESS pie. I thought that maybe if……