40 recipes for little sweet and savoury pies that can be eaten out of hand (turnover-like freeform pies, fried pies, pies in tiny jars, homemade pop tarts, and pies made with a pie press/mold). Organised by crust, filling, and technique to encourage mixing and matching, plenty of suggested variations and combinations will make this feel rich in recipes, a la Whoopie Pies. Interspersed throughout the recipes are 8 to 10 profiles of great hand-held pie makers from across North America and the UK to ground a whimsical subject in pie personalities.