Tag Archives: first prize pies

I’m not entirely sure sugar plums are a thing. The farmers’ market definitely sells something it calls sugar plums – they’re about the size of a half dollar, scarlet on the inside and sweet as all hell, I eat ’em … Continue reading →

So you might remember I had a crust situation. After making that pie, I was mad, you guys. Making the crust made me mad. I didn’t want to be mad. I wanted to eat delicious crust wrapped around a fruity … Continue reading →

This pie wasn’t supposed to happen. For my third pie in the pie cook-through, I had selected Grasshopper Pie, as much for the chance to use up some of the marshmallow fluff left over from Rocky Road Pie as for … Continue reading →

The story of this pie is not the story of the pie, but of the crust. The pie itself is pretty straightforward. Kave describes it as a sweet riff on Caprese salad, the classic Italian salad of mozzarella, basil and … Continue reading →

You know you have a friend for life when their first response to seeing a beautiful cookbook of pies is, “Let’s buy this and cook through it.” So we’re gonna. First Prize Pies is a pie bakery based in Brooklyn … Continue reading →