Blue-Ribbon Pies: 75 of the Most Mouthwatering, Award-Winning Recipes from America's State, ....

by Maria Polushkin Robbins

Book Overview

Maria Robbins combed 500 regional, state, and county fairs across America for the best pies she could find. The result: Blue-Ribbon Pies, a collection of 75 recipes for mouthwateringly sweet and... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0312005695
• ISBN13: 9780312005696
• Release Date: January 1987
• Publisher: St. Martin's Press
• Length: 131 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.5" x 8.2"

Customer Reviews

The pie-making guide to have if you have room for just one

Maria Polushkin Robbins has done aspiring pie-makers everywhere a great service by writing this book. This is the pie-making guide to have if you have room for just one in your culinary library. Aside from giving us dozens of mouth-wateringly yummy recipes for county fair winners from all over the country, Robbins examines the merits and faults of different types of pie crusts from those made with lard to those made with vegetable shortening or oil or even pure butter. The knowledge she has gleaned from the experienced pie bakers profiled herein is invaluable and will help every pie-maker from the novice to the professional.