Pies

Caramelized Pumpkin Pie with Honey-Orange Whipped Cream

Caramelized Pumpkin Pie with Honey-Orange Whipped Cream

Caramelized Pumpkin Pie with Honey-Orange Whipped Cream excerpted from Milk Street Shorts: Recipes That Pack a Punch by Christopher Kimball. Photography by Joe Murphy.

Transform your home cooking with the smartest, simplest, most powerful recipes from the James Beard Award-winning team at Milk Street.

In the kitchen, brevity is brilliant. Short recipes are the ones cooks remember best—not only because they’re simple to make and easy to repeat, but because they are boiled down to their elemental beauty and charm.

In Milk Street Shorts, Christopher Kimball and his team of cooks and editors have developed a repertoire of nearly 150 genius recipes that are casual, improvisational, and fun. These recipes are not just short—they’re bolder, better cooking because they’re short. Their essential cleverness gives them power that does not require long ingredient lists or all-day cooking.

And every recipe packs a punch—throw-it-together meals like “Nothing Soup,”Chili Crisp Peanut Noodles, and Five-Ingredient Pork and Kimchi Stew, snacks and side dishes like Sunflower Hummus, Crispy Spiced Chickpeas, and Salt and Vinegar Smashed Potatoes, and smart ways to use your oven, like Reverse-Sear Pork Loin, Skillet Lasagna, and Two-Hour Turkey. Recipes are organized by simplicity—Short, Shorter, and Shortest—with chapters including skillet suppers, sheet-pan tray bakes, and weeknight desserts like Clementine Blender Cake.

Milk Street Shorts: Recipes That Pack a Punch by Christopher Kimball is available at Amazon.com, Amazon.co.uk and Indigo.ca.


Caramelized Pumpkin Pie

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Butternut squash & orange pie

Butternut Squash & Orange Pie

Butternut Squash & Orange Pie excerpted from A Cookbook for Winter: More than 95 nurturing & comforting recipes for the colder months by Theo A. Michaels. Photography by Mowie Kay.

A Cookbook for Winter: More than 95 nurturing & comforting recipes for the colder months

Get cosy with this comforting collection of seasonally inspired recipes—the ideal cook’s companion for the winter months.

A study of 2,000 adults found they anticipate spending 72 hours rustling up meals during the winter months, compared to just 55 hours during warmer months!

And what better way is there to spend a frosty day than preparing delicious food to enjoy with family and friends? When it’s chilly outside, make the most of being holed up indoors and get creative in the kitchen with these comforting and nourishing recipes. And if you do have to venture outside, why not pack some sustaining snacks for winter walks and perhaps a flask of something hot to drink to keep your fingertips toasty and your spirits high.

Featuring more than 95 recipes for winter eating and entertaining, from soups and stews to melted cheese, pasta, pies, and dessert plus warming hot beverages, this book provides all the inspiration you will need. (more…)

Classic Pumpkin Pie

Classic Pumpkin Pie

Classic Pumpkin Pie excerpted from Pumpkin: 50 cozy recipes for cooking with pumpkin, from savory to sweet by Ryland Peters & Small.

Pumpkin: 50 cozy recipes for cooking with pumpkin, from savory to sweet by Ryland Peters & Small

Over 50 heart-warming recipes perfect for colder months, from wholesome soups and stews to delicious desserts like pumpkin pie and much more.

A blustery autumnal evening calls for a large helping of something hearty, nourishing and warming – and pumpkin is the ideal ingredient to deliver some warming comfort. Filling enough to leave you satisfied but ultimately a highly nutritious vegetable, it is a wonderful ingredient for use in many meals and desserts and the perfect tonic for a cold grey day. Roasting the bright orange flesh concentrates the flavour to an intensely sweet nuttiness, which whether combined with herbs and salty cheese or spiced with cinnamon and ginger is a delightful option for both sweet and savoury dishes.

Choose from Light Bites such as Roasted Mushrooms Stuffed with Pumpkin and Chickpeas or Spiced Pumpkin and Feta Filo Parcels, each of which are perfect for serving at a winter gathering to soak up a few mulled wines. Or the plentiful selection of warming Soups and Stews such as Chicken and Pumpkin Tagine or velvety Red Lentil and Pumpkin Soup. Pasta and Rice paired with pumpkin is a classic combination, crowd-pleasing dishes include Pumpkin Gnocchi with Buttery Sage Breadcrumbs or Pumpkin and Pancetta Risotto.

Bread and Baking recipes include creative yet easy to master recipes such as Pumpkin Scones or Madeleines. Finally, Desserts and Hot Drinks features sumptuous treats such as an American Pumpkin Cheesecake and a Spiced Pumpkin Latte. (more…)

Maple Pecan Pie

Maple Pecan Pie

Maple Pecan Pie excerpted from Chuck’s Home Cooking: Family-Favourite Recipes from My Kitchen to Yours by Chuck Hughes. Photography by Marc-Andre Lavoie.

Chuck's Home Cooking: Family-Favourite Recipes from My Kitchen to Yours Hardcover by Chuck Hughes

Celebrity chef and TV host Chuck Hughes shares sure-fire advice and 85 of his favourite recipes to cook at home for friends and family.

These days, cooking at home is a top priority for beloved chef and TV host Chuck Hughes. Compared to the hectic pace of his restaurant—where cooking on the line requires lightning speed and expert precision—cooking at home is all about taking things slow, having a good playlist, and knowing a few sure-fire techniques to make meals quick and easy, especially during those busy weekdays.

Chuck’s Home Cooking features Chuck’s favourite go-to recipes to cook for his family, whether it’s an easy weeknight dinner, a delicious weekend treat, or a dish to impress on special occasions. One thing is for sure: they’re all on steady rotation in Chuck’s home. Juggling work and a young family, Chuck knows first-hand that the hustle of everyday daily life can make mealtime feel like a chore—but with his simple planning and prep-ahead methods, delicious dishes with bold flavours come together with ease! (more…)

Buttered Apple Tart

Buttered Apple Tart

Buttered Apple Tart excerpted from Dinner with Jane Austen: Menus inspired by her novels and letters by Pen Vogler.

Dinner with Jane Austen: Menus inspired by her novels and letters by Pen Vogler

Take a seat at the Regency dining table and share food enjoyed by Jane Austen’s much loved fictional characters, as well as her own family.

Inspired by the novels and letters of Jane Austen, this collection of recipes is based on authentic recipes from the Regency era, which have been fully updated for modern-day cooks and are taken from the author’s original book, Dinner with Mr Darcy with a renewed focus on the dinner parties that featured in Austen’s novels. Menus featured include Mrs Bennet’s Dinner to Impress (from Pride & Prejudice), An Old-fashioned Supper for Mr Woodhouse and his Guests (from Emma) and Christmas with the Musgroves (from Persuasion).

The book includes menus for lighter fayre, such as Fresh Pea Soup, Baked Sole and Everlasting Syllabub, to the indulgent Roast Leg of Mutton Stuffed with Oysters followed by Buttered Apple Tart. The original recipes are given alongside, so you can compare them and appreciate modern time-savers all the more!

Dinner with Jane Austen: Menus inspired by her novels and letters by Pen Vogler is available at Amazon.com, Amazon.co.uk and Indigo.ca.   

Buttered Apple Tart

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Raspberry tart

Raspberry tart

Raspberry tart excerpted from The Grounds Café: Seasonal Dishes from Murray’s Century Farm by Nick van Mele.

The Grounds Café: Seasonal Dishes from Murray's Century Farm by Nick van Mele

The Murray family has been farming the land in Portugal Cove-St. Philip’s, Newfoundland and Labrador for 200 years. That original subsistence family farm has evolved into Murray’s Garden Centre, Murray Meadows Farm, and The Grounds Café—a farm-to-table restaurant and favourite brunch and lunch destination serving up bright, creative meals and decadent baked goods.

This eye-catching book features dozens of recipes by chef Nick van Mele, whose dishes have made The Grounds Café a destination for enjoying locally-sourced food made from the freshest locally grown crops.

As you travel through the farm year in this book, you’ll meet many of the farmers, foragers, foodies, and friends that have become the Murray’s community.

The Grounds Café: Seasonal Dishes from Murray’s Century Farm by Nick van Mele is available at Boulder Books.


Raspberry Tart

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Steak, Leek and Mushroom Pie with Guinness

Steak, Leek and Mushroom Pie with Guinness

Steak, Leek and Mushroom Pie with Guinness excerpted from Comfort: A Winter Cookbook: More than 150 warming recipes for the colder months.

Comfort: A Winter Cookbook: More than 150 warming recipes for the colder months.

Make the most of being holed up indoors and prepare some warming Snow Day Snacks.

Enjoy sharing tasty treats such as Creamy Pancetta and Onion Tart or Cheddar and Cider Fondue. When it’s chilly outside, what we naturally crave is comforting food. In Cold Day Comforts you’ll find plenty of warming dishes including Spiced Pumpkin and Coconut Soup or Salmon Broccoli and Potato Gratin with Pesto.

What better way to spend an icy afternoon than preparing a delicious meal to share with family and friends. Fireside Feasts is full of great ideas for winter entertaining. Try a Braised Pot Roast with Red Wine, Rosemary and Bay or Slow-cooked Lamb Shanks with Lentils. Make the most of the finest seasonal ingredients the winter has to offer and prepare healthy and satisfying Winter Salads.

Choose from recipes such as Steak and Blue Cheese Salad or Roast Butternut Squash Salad with Spiced Lentils, Goat Cheese and Walnuts. Whether you enjoy a luxurious dessert or a slice of cake in front of the fire, there are plenty of delicious options to choose from in Indulgent Treats. (more…)

Mango Fluff Pie

Mango Fluff Pie

Mango Fluff Pie excerpted from Rambutan: Recipes from Sri Lanka by Cynthia Shanmugalingam. Photographs © Alex Lau, 2022.

Rambutan: Recipes from Sri Lanka by Cynthia Shanmugalingam

Since Cynthia Shanmugalingam was a young girl, she has worked to piece together her sense of Sri Lanka, her ancestral homeland that she experienced through the wondrous flavours of her immigrant parents’ kitchen in London.

In Rambutan, these ingredients, methods, and tastes―combining Javanese, Malay, Indian, Arab, Portuguese, Dutch and British influences―come together to create an irresistible portrait of modern Sri Lankan cuisine.

In more than 80 recipes, Shanmugalingam takes her favourite parts of the island’s culinary tradition and adapts them to be accessible and fun for the home cook: with dinners of sticky chicken buriani and crunchy fried potatoes with turmeric, desserts of mango fluff pie and milk toffee, and drinks of lemongrass lime soda and boozy tea cocktails, Rambutan is designed to deliver as much edible Sri Lankan joy as possible. Combining luscious recipe photography and stunning candids from the island, this exuberant guide is perfect for home cooks looking to explore the exciting Sri Lankan tradition in South Asian cuisine. (more…)

Striped Citrus Pie

Striped Citrus Pie

Striped Citrus Pie, The Book on Pie: Everything You Need to Know to Bake Perfect Pies by Erin Jeanne McDowell. Photography by Mark Weinberg.

Look no further than The Book on Pie for the only book on pie you’ll ever want or need.

Erin Jeanne McDowell, New York Times contributing baker extraordinaire and top food stylist, wrote the book on pie, a comprehensive handbook that distills all you’ll ever need to know for making perfect pies.

The Book on Pie starts with the basics, including ways to mix pie dough for extra flaky crusts, storage and freezing, recipe size conversions, and expert tips for decorating and styling, before diving into the recipes for all the different kinds of pies: fruit, custard, cream, chiffon, cold set, savoury, and mini. Find everything from classics like Apple Pie and Pumpkin Pie to more inspired recipes like Birthday-Cake Pie and Caramel Pork Pie with Chile and Scallions.

Erin also suggests recommended pie doughs and toppings with each recipe for infinitely customizable pies: Mix and match Pumpkin Spice Pie Dough and Dark Chocolate Drippy Glaze with the Pumpkin Pie, or sub in the Chive Compound-Butter Crust for the Croque Madame Pielets . . . the possibilities are endless. With helpful tips, photographic guides, and inspirations—pie-deas—it’s almost like having Erin in the kitchen baking pies with you. (more…)

Louisiana Browned Butter–Pecan Pie

Louisiana Browned Butter–Pecan Pie

Louisiana Browned Butter–Pecan Pie, excerpted from Pie Academy © by Ken Haedrich, photography © by Emulsion Studio.

Excerpted from Pie Academy © by Ken Haedrich, photography © by Emulsion Studio.

Trusted cookbook author and pie expert Ken Haedrich delivers the only pie cookbook you’ll ever need: Pie Academy. Novice and experienced bakers will discover the secrets to baking a pie from scratch, with recipes, crust savvy, tips and tutorials, advice about tools and ingredients, and more.

Foolproof step-by-step photos give you the confidence you need to choose and prepare the best crust for different types of fillings. Learn how to make pie dough using butter, lard, or both; how to work with all-purpose, whole-wheat, or gluten-free flour; how to roll out dough; which pie pan to use; and how to add flawless finishing details like fluting and lattice tops.

Next are 255 recipes for every kind and style of pie, from classic apple pie and pumpkin pie to summer berryfruit, nut, custard, chiffon, and cream pies, freezer pies, slab pies, hand pies, turnovers, and much more.

This beast of a collection, with gorgeous colour photos throughout, weighs in at nearly four pounds and serves up forty years of pie wisdom in a single, satisfying package.

Pie Academy: Master the Perfect Crust and 255 Amazing Fillings, with Fruits, Nuts, Creams, Custards, Ice Cream, and More; Expert Techniques for Making Fabulous Pies from Scratch is available at Amazon.com and Indigo.ca. (more…)