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Cooking Desserts

Artful Pie Project

by (author) Denise Marchessault

by (photographer) Deb Garlick

Publisher
Whitecap Books
Initial publish date
Aug 2022
Category
Desserts, Baking
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9781770503748
    Publish Date
    Aug 2022
    List Price
    $24.99

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Description

Pie champion Denise Marchessault teams up with artist and photographer Deb Garlick for a visually stunning cookbook celebrating sweet and savoury pies. With whimsical illustrations and practical how-to images, The Artful Pie Project unlocks the secrets to a great pie.

(Pssst…it's all in the pastry!) Featuring over 50 recipes covering the pie spectrum from galettes, to pastry dumplings and slab crumbles — plus French Canadian classics such as Tourtière and Tart au Sucre. Beyond pie, there are plenty of tips for dodging pie fails and creative ideas for using precious scraps of leftover dough. And because pies love company, there's a selection of accompaniments to partner with your favourite recipes. With mouth-watering photos and playful illustrations, The Artful Pie Project is sure to charm, and disarm, even the most apprehensive baker.

About the authors

Denise is a freelance food writer and cooking instructor with a Grand Diplôme from Le Cordon Bleu, Ottawa. Her first cookbook, British Columbia from Scratch, is a culinary bear hug to her native home. With a weakness for pies and dachshunds, and a penchant for early morning hikes, Denise enjoys life in Victoria, BC with her husband and twin daughters.
www.denisem.ca

Denise Marchessault's profile page

Deb is a painter, illustrator, photo stylist and photographer in Victoria, BC. Her art has appeared on book covers, in collaborative projects and part of private collections internationally. When she's not working, she spends her time traveling, running, reading or in the bath. Her home and patio garden, on the top floor of a big, old mansion, on a hill with a view, is a whole creative world.
www.debgarlick.com

Deb Garlick's profile page

Excerpt: Artful Pie Project (by (author) Denise Marchessault; by (photographer) Deb Garlick)

ARTFUL PIE

If pastry is an art, then bakers and artists would seem a natural fit.

I first met artist Deb Garlick when she attended one of my cooking classes in Victoria BC. I marvelled at the breadth of her creativity, her striking photography and the playful whimsy reflected in all of her art.

Baking is my first love and I'd been dreaming of a pastry-themed project for years, but it took running into Deb at a book store to set the wheels in motion. When I suggested we team up to create a book where pastry and art intersect, Deb was all in. We took a deep dive into handcrafted pies with a shared vision—to create a cookbook as beautiful as it was practical.

Few things in life are as comforting as homemade pie, and we hoped this book inspires you to discover, or rediscover, the art of pastry.

Diving into the Project 

 

Editorial Reviews

"Beyond pie recipes, "The Artful Pie Project" is a compendium of practical and effective tips for dodging pie failures and creative ideas for using precious scraps of leftover dough. There is also a selection of accompaniments to partner with favorite pie recipes… A true and dedicated pie lover's delight to simply browse through, as well as profusely and beautifully illustrated throughout with full color photography and illustrations,"The Artful Pie Project" is thoroughly 'kitchen cook friendly' in organization and presentation — making it an ideal and unreservedly recommended addition to personal, professional, family, and community library collections."