Pies Are Awesome, the definitive guide to creating pie art from world-renowned pie artist Jessica Leigh Clark-Bojin, includes never-before-seen techniques and 28 celebratory pie designs to get you started making truly awesome pies.
World-renowned pie artist Jessica Leigh Clark-Bojin shares her easy, approachable, and never-before-seen pie art techniques, delicious recipes, and 28 pie art designs centered around holidays and life occasions. Let pie baker extraordinaire Jessica Leigh Clark-Bojin take you by the oven mitt and spirit you away to a delicious, magical, new world of pie-sibilities in this first of its kind pie art book!
Whether you are a master baker, a little pie-curious, or just want to drool over the pictures while you lounge in your fuzzy socks, Jessica will show you just how easy it is for you to become your own pie-oneering pie artist! The pie art projects in this book are centered around some of our most popular and cherished celebrations in the hopes that they will encourage you to develop your own tasty new traditions with friends and family. The ample step-by-step photos take you through Jessica's easy-to-follow, groundbreaking pie art techniques, while the friendly and funny (and a bit geeky) writing style encourages experimentation and creative discovery. With Pies Are Awesome, get ready to wow the pants off your crew at your next game night, baby shower, birthday party, or any of the social occasions that call for pie . . . which is, let's face it, all of them. From decorative patterns to more elaborate themes, the pie art designs in this book, ranging from easy to difficult, for novice and experienced bakers alike, include amazing-looking and -tasting pies to celebrate:
- Birthdays (children and adults)
- Weddings
- Baby Showers
- New Years Eve/Day
- Super Bowl
- Lunar New Year
- Valentines Day
- Pi Day
- St. Patricks Day
- Easter
- Mother's Day
- Father's Day
- Fourth of July
- Bastille Day
- Diwali
- Halloween
- Day of the Dead
- Thanksgiving
- Hanukkah
- Christmas
Pies Are Awesome also includes tricks for working with your own tried-and-true dough recipes and store-bought dough; modifications to personalize projects; and online resources for printable templates, pie communities, friendly challenges, and more.
