A Book About Pies from the Queen of Pies!

In Anne Dimock's book, Humble Pie: Musings on What Lies Beneath the Crust, she offers a delightful combination of memoir, pie quotes, inspiration and recipes, about this humble dessert!

In Humble Pie:  Musings on What Lies Beneath the Crust, Anne Dimock offers a slice of both wisdom and nostalgia.

Descended from a long line of “Queens of Pie,” Dimock grew up in a household where, she notes, “A dearth of good pie was a hardship I never encountered, never knew must be borne by most folk.”

Folksy, heartwarming and funny, Humble Pie is an evocative journey through a life lived in pie.  For Dimock, pie is more than a dessert; in pies, she finds redemption and inspiration,  a return to the world of homemade pies and the revival of an American tradition.  “I think there is a special entrance to heaven for those who walked the Path of a Thousand Pies during their lifetime,” she writes.  Pies sustain her through the loss of her mother, grandmother and mother in-law.  Dimock often finds herself on the road hoping to find a pie that won’t let her down, but is usually disappointed by the mass produced pies with cardboard crust and canned fruit filling she finds.  She calls for a pie renaissance.  

Dimock believes that pie makers are called to a particular kind of pie when they are thirty-five; for her it was rhubarb.  The called pie is “more than a favorite pie and one’s specialty.  It is closer to destiny or fate.”

Fall of quotes, anecdotes, rambles, rants, reveries and a few recipes, Humble Pie’s warmth and eloquence perfectly capture the spirit of this powerful yet humble dessert.

Visit Anne at www.annedimock.com.