Pie Makes Everything Better!
Double Chocolate Tart is ever so elegant and a breeze to make beautiful; don’t shy away thinking “I could never….” because, you can. It is tastes as gorgeous as it looks. Silky melt in your mouth decadent chocolate truffle filling with a sinfully delicious chocolate glaze that pairs perfectly a […]
Raspberry Cookies & Cream Pie, is as good as it sounds. Cream filling baked with raspberries and and sugar cookie topping. Dang delicious. Anyone remember their grandmother eating berries with a healthy serving of cream? My grandmother did just that, but I bet should would have loved this pie! The […]
The inspiration for Mocha Cream Pie came about when I was about 5 years old. My grandmother would always let me take the last sip out of her coffee cup, right or wrong, I LOVED it. Coffee with a ton of cream & sugar; cafe au lait love! My grandmother sugared and […]
Rosemary Lemon Tart is a stunning lemon filling baked in a rosemary infused shortbread crust. It’s then topped with a sweet-tart lemon drizzle. It’s the perfect balance of tart vs. sweet. The shortbread crust used is a classic shortbread, but with the addition of an egg yolk for extra richness. […]
Dinner is SERVED! Roasted Chicken Enchilada Pie, loaded with green chilies, smothered in loads of melted jack and cheddar cheeses. All of this within layers of corn tortillas with a one-of-a-kind creamy “enchilada” sauce. It’s truly comfort food with a Mexican flair. On a cloudy day I love nothing more than […]
Smores Pie a.k.a. S’mores Campfire Pie, is the chosen pie for celebrating the Day of Pi (3.14159…..) this year! As Pi is a “constant number” mustn’t we adhere to that numerical wonder with a circumferential slice of pie, eating at a constant rate? Click here if you want to read up […]
It’s Pizza Night!!! Why not try some homemade Neapolitan Style Pizza for your next Friday night? Did you know that National Pizza Day is February 9th? How sad if we only had pizza once a year. Regardless of what day it is getting a primo crust right is the hardest […]
Did you know how easy it is to make Dulce de Leche? I have always lived in fear of burning or scorching the caramel gooey toffee goodness, so I tended to shy away. I learned this foolproof process years ago and it’s the only way I make Dulce de Leche. […]
I remember when we lived in Texas many years ago and if you knew where to go you could forage for pecans in vast pecan orchards. However, I am back in the Great Northwest where I forage for pecans in the bulk bins at the grocery store (probably shipped from […]
Years ago, before the internet, I was challenged to make a sweet potato pie. I loved sweet potatoes on Thanksgiving (with tons of brown sugar, butter, and spices), but not sure how to morph it into a pie. A friend of mine, Denise Brimhall, decided to take matters in her […]
Fried Green Tomato Tart is a one-time-a-year happening thing here in the great Northwest and it will be another 365 days until the next round. I neglected the garden so much the last few weeks of its life, all the while threatening to burn it to the ground, because I […]
A spicy pear tart, Spice Pear Skillet tart, is a must have at the end of summer. We do all love baking in season, don’t we? Fresh picked fruit is simply the best. Our Asian pear tree produces an abundance of gorgeous crisp pears every year. This is one of […]
Autumn is upon us and pumpkins are popping up every. This week it’s Pumpkin Cheesecake! I don’t like to skimp and have pumpkin “flavored” cheesecake, so the ratio of pumpkin to cream cheese leans more towards the pumpkin. You will be oh so happy once you do the taste test […]
Everyone needs salted caramel in their life; it would not be complete without it. It has the perfect balance ofย savory vs. sweet – salt vs. sugar. It’s creamy, sweet, and salty, a truly sinfully delicious event. It’s difficult to stop tasting spoonful after spoonful; but then again, why stop? […]
There is still time to add these delectable easy-to-make chocolate moon pies (hand pies) to your solar eclipse celebration that the entire world is fixated on. A friend of mine is calling it the solarpocolypse – and the thousands converging to the path of solar eclipse is seemingly as vast […]
Tomato Bacon Zucchini Pie aka “Garden Crack!” Yep, Tomato Bacon Zucchini, your new summer best friend pie. If you have friends who garden, you have friends with zucchini. It’s high time to give your zucchini a new lease on life and bake it up into this truly divine savory summer […]
Hi, I am Linda, The Portlandia Pie Lady! I live in the Great Northwest of beautiful forests, coastlines, and I LOVE PIE! I love creating and sharing pies, because that’s what any good Pie Lady does. If we’re lucky enough to cross paths, I would surely serve up a slice of heaven for you. Pie does make everything better!
