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Title: American Pie: Slices of Life (and Pie) from America's Back Roads by Pascale Le Draoulec ISBN: 0-06-019736-6 Publisher: HarperCollins Pub. Date: 30 April, 2002 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $23.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.96 (26 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: PIE QUEST ACROSS AMERICA
Comment: This is a lovely book for all pie makers and pie lovers. The quest for pie is so pure that doors are open to Ms Le Draoulec that might now have been to others on a different journey.
I too love to collect "pie lore", the tales and thoughts of pie makers. The particular ones in this book are a delight.
The first part of the book was intriguing but I was absolutely in love with the tale by the time we meet Juanita and her Rhubarb Cream Pie.
Many books with recipes fail at this point. The story is good but what about the recipes? Do these recipes prove to be good? Well Jaunita's pie was simple and just darn divine!! It charmed
me and my basic-apple-pie husband had to have seconds!
THANKS Pascale for the heavenly experience.
Rating: 5
Summary: A wonderful memory
Comment: This book brought me back to wonderful memories. I loved this book! You will too. I have given it too my friends as gifts and they have loved it. My grandmother baked the best strawberry-rhubarb pie. The crust was flaky and flavorful. It was sweet but the rhubarb gave it a tangy flavor. Most of all it was filled with love. On a summer day to come home from school to a piece of fresh baked pie with a glass of milk. Life doesn't get any better than that. Ms. Le Draoulec thank you for bringing back that memory. I read the book every day on the train to work and savored every moment of it. It is fun, inspiring, witty and charming.
Rating: 5
Summary: Delicious Fun, Inectious Enthusiasm! Sit Back and Enjoy!
Comment: This book is a delightful mix of food writing, recipe book, travelogue, Americana, and good literature. It is light, fluffy and fun, and reading it might just change your life, if you let it.
Le Draoulec has a love of small-town America that gives this delightful book the flavor of a Charles Kurault essay. She spent several weeks crossing the United States with two simple rules -- stay off the big freeways and look for great pie. To add to the fun, she took a girlfriend, someone who had explored Australia but never small-town America. The two set off into the unknown, and quickly give themselves over to this delightful adventure.("We tossed our running shoes in the trunk, and that's where they stayed for the next three weeks.")
As a lover of pie, a baker of pie, as someone who often takes trips on the small roads and who loves to stop at non-chain restaurants, I loved the idea. Le Draoulec delivers. This book is as sweet, wholesome and gently spicy as a good homemade apple pie.
But wait... did I mention the recipes? She didn't just find pie, she came back with recipes! I have tried just a few, and each so far has been great.
Underlying all this great material is the fact that Pascale Le Draoulec can write. She has a wonderfully light touch with langauge -- never awkward. Her literary references land as fun, mind-expanding, rather than reminder's of the author's education.
And, yes, reading a book with this much love in it can change your life. I am more likely now to go ahead and order dessert when I see pie on the menu, and I am more likely to stop in a small, independent restaurant where I might find pie. Just last week, I got to tell an Austin chef how good her pie is. She glowed. My husband just sat back, smiled, and watched the two of us share our passion for pie. As soon as you start talking pie with someone, you're not strangers anymore.
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Title: American Pie by Teresa Kennedy ISBN: 0894808087 Publisher: Workman Publishing Pub. Date: 01 September, 1984 List Price(USD): $8.95 |
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Title: The Perfect Pie : More Than 125 All-Time Favorite Pies & Tarts by SUSAN G. PURDY ISBN: 0767902629 Publisher: Broadway Pub. Date: 13 June, 2000 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
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Title: Roadfood: The Coast-to-Coast Guide to 500 of the Best Barbeque Joints, Lobster Shacks, Ice Cream Parlors, Highway Diners, and Much More by JANE STERN, MICHAEL STERN ISBN: 0767908090 Publisher: Broadway Pub. Date: 14 May, 2002 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
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Title: Great Cookies : Secrets to Sensational Sweets by CAROLE WALTER ISBN: 0609609696 Publisher: Clarkson Potter Pub. Date: 04 November, 2003 List Price(USD): $35.00 |
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Title: The Secrets of Baking: Simple Techniques for Sophisticated Desserts by Sherry Yard ISBN: 0618138927 Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company Pub. Date: 01 November, 2003 List Price(USD): $35.95 |
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